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Re: Removing link to a directory
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Removing link to a directory |
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:04:38 -0700 |
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"Mohammad Seth" <address@hidden> writes:
> *Symptom*: Could not remove a link to a directory, got the message
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>>rm current/
> rm: remove directory `current/'? y
> rm: cannot remove directory `current/': Is a directory
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> current is a symbolic link to directory.
Once you specify the trailing slash, it's no longer talking about the
symbolic link: it's talking about the directory that the link points
to. It's a bit like specifying a trailing "/.". For example:
$ ln -s . dir
$ rm dir/
rm: cannot remove `dir/': Is a directory
$ rm dir/.
rm: cannot remove `.' directory `dir/.'
$ rm dir
$