RE: Deleting a soft link that points to a directory - how?
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
Re: Deleting a soft link that points to a directory - how?
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. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
