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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 115 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

NEVER run a command you don't know the purpose of. That being said, "sfc" stands for "System File Checker." It is a utility that can help restore corrupted windows files. sfc /scannow checks your protected files and restores corrupted files from a local cache. The process can take some time and you MUST let it finish it's entirely.

In conclusion, this command is generally safe to run.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 49 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

NEVER run a command you don't know the purpose of

lol. Someone never followed along in a linux tutorial. /j

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You know what Arch Wiki says, no partial updates

[–] Strykker@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Always a good time until your repo mirror hasn't fully synced everything so you get updated Nvidia driver but an older kernel so your video drivers don't load.

That was a fun hour until I commented out a few mirrors and tried a different one.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yay -Syyu is a full update isn't it?

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, I try to understand why something is included. I've run arch for years (BTW), though my current computers are running Fedora and Debian. I won't say I know everything about Linux or even installing it or booting it, but I do know more than I would if I just followed step by step.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

It's the same for me but I didn't always know that much about linux.

[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Rm stands for remove

-fr stands for the French language

/ stands for your entire system

Don’t trust random internet strangers either

[–] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So it's removing French from your system. Sounds like a useful tool on Linux if you don't speak French! Be sure to run as sudo though

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago

Don't forget the --no-preserve-root either. If you leave the roots intact, the French will just grow right back

[–] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

I prefer the 'ole $sudo dd -i /dev/random -o /dev/sda

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does it also remove the French language pack?

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago