NixOS has rm. But it’s not under /bin. There is no /bin in NixOS. The user’s programs are inside /run/current-system/sw/bin, and those are symlinks from files hidden in /nix/store.
Running rm -rf / --no-preserve-root under NixOS, will not nuke the entire system, since /nix/store is mounted as read-only, and only remounted as rw when new applications are downloaded, or older unused ones are wiped.
rmdoesn’t work on NixOS?Then how do you do
rm -rf / --no-preserve-root?Not really cool to post commands like that without consideration for privileges for newcomers, make sure to use
sudofirst. /sNixOS has
rm. But it’s not under/bin. There is no/binin NixOS. The user’s programs are inside/run/current-system/sw/bin, and those are symlinks from files hidden in/nix/store.Running
rm -rf / --no-preserve-rootunder NixOS, will not nuke the entire system, since/nix/storeis mounted as read-only, and only remounted as rw when new applications are downloaded, or older unused ones are wiped.Does that mean it works if you happen to run it while a download is ongoing?
Maybe… I haven’t tried it to be honest. I will need to setup a VM for that, as my personal files would get wiped anyway.
If you want to test it yourself, try to
rmwhilenixos-rebuildis running.