On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:43:58 +0100
Joerg Pernfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> That would mean that `rm -P <file>' with <file> having a link count of
> at least 2, would behave like `rm <file>' (and like Romain suggested).


Correction after some `read the frakkin code':

if (sbp->st_nlink > 1) {
                warnx("%s (inode %u): not overwritten due to multiple links",
                    file, sbp->st_ino);
                return (0);

The link is removed, the file is not overwritten and a warning is generated.

        Joerg
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