$STEAMROOT

rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"*

$STEAMROOT

rm -rf "/"*

An anonymous reader sends a report of a bug in Steam's Linux client that will accidentally wipe all of a user's files if they move their Steam folder . According to the bug report:Another user reported a similar problem — losing his home directory — and problems with the script were found : at some point, the Steam script setsas the directory containing all Steam's data, then runslater on. If Steam has been moved,returns as empty, resulting inwhich causes the unexpected deletion.