> I cannot seem to delete a soft link (ln -s) that is pointing > to a directory without renaming the directory first. If I try > to delete the link it complains that the link is a directory > (which it is pointing to). If I delete using rm -rf, it > deletes the directory that is pointed to but not the link -- > I have been burned by that one! > > FreeBSD 4.3 > > Here is a little test: > > %pwd > /tmp > %mkdir me > %cd /root > %ln -s /tmp/me MyTmp > %rm -f MyTmp/ > rm: MyTmp/: is a directory > % > %rm -rf MyTmp/ (deletes the directory it points to) > %rm -f MyTmp (deletes the link) > %
Try not using the trailing slash: ===[root] /data/test # ls ===[root] /data/test # ln -s /tmp/me MyTmp ===[root] /data/test # ls MyTmp@ ===[root] /data/test # rm -f MyTmp/ ===[root] /data/test # ls MyTmp@ ===[root] /data/test # rm MyTmp ===[root] /data/test # ls ===[root] /data/test # Also, don't do is as root like me :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
