On Sun, Sep 12, 1999, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> Here is my directory listing:
> drwxrwxr-x 3 wcuddy wcuddy 512 Sep 5 17:29 $DEST_DIR
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 wcuddy wcuddy 2324 Sep 6 22:51 do_install.sh
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wcuddy wcuddy 533 Sep 5 21:12 file_list.txt
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wcuddy wcuddy 155 Sep 5 21:58 install.conf
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wcuddy wcuddy 145 Sep 6 22:27 post-install
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wcuddy wcuddy 144 Sep 6 22:24 pre-install
>
> Here is the output of my mount:
> /dev/da0s1a on / (asynchronous, NFS exported, local, writes: sync 26 async
> 22259)
> /dev/da2s1e on /home (asynchronous, local, writes: sync 8 async 5181)
> /dev/da1s1e on /usr (asynchronous, local, writes: sync 3 async 20654)
> procfs on /proc (local)
>
> Since /home is on a separate file system I don't think it is a hard link.
> However, if do a 'cd \$DEST_DIR' I end up in the root directory. If I do a
> 'rm $DEST_DIR/', I get 'rm: /: is a directory'. If it can't be a hard link I
> have no idea what it is.
That's because $DEST_DIR is expanding to "/".
Try unsetting that variable and then enclosing it in single
quotes in your rm command.
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