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PSA: My first Python script deleted a folder of family photos
I was in my home office last night trying to automate cleaning up my downloads folder with a simple script. I mixed up the path for the folder I wanted to delete and the script wiped my 'Pictures' folder instead, about 500 photos gone. Has anyone else made a huge mistake with file paths and how did you get your stuff back?
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drew9656mo ago
Well that's a new way to do spring cleaning. I guess the downloads folder and the pictures folder do both start with letters, so easy mix up. My biggest fear is accidentally running "rm -rf" on the wrong thing while half asleep. Check if you have any backups from your phone or cloud storage, sometimes they sneakily save you.
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ellis.hayden6mo ago
Honestly, how bad is it really to lose some old pictures? I bet half of them were blurry shots or random screenshots you'd never look at again. Cloud backups are kinda creepy anyway, saving everything without asking. Maybe a clean slate isn't the worst thing.
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the_jason6mo ago
My buddy lost 10 years of photos in a crash and still gets sad about it. Those blurry shots turn into memories you can't replace.
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