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
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
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)