Re: Deleting a soft link that points to a directory - how?

2003-02-26 Thread Kirk Strauser 
At 2003-02-26T20:26:05Z, Steve Warwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> %rm -f MyTmp/
> rm: MyTmp/: is a directory
> %
> %rm -rf MyTmp/  (deletes the directory it points to)
> %rm -f MyTmp(deletes the link)
> %

> Help, suggestions, magic?

`MyTmp/' reference to the target.  `MyTmp' (without the slash) refers to the
link.  Abracadabra!
-- 
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.


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RE: Deleting a soft link that points to a directory - how?

2003-02-26 Thread Derrick Ryalls 
> 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 :)



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Deleting a soft link that points to a directory - how?

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Warwick 
Hey All, 

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)
%


Help, suggestions, magic?

Thanks 

Steve


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