On 08/12/2010 04:41 PM, Balaji Damodaran wrote:
On Thursday 12 August 2010 04:01 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
how did this happen? I am always rm'ing links and the directories never
get deleted.
sudo rm link-name - won't be a problem.
sudo rm link-name/ - deletes the underlying directory.
...and that's the reason why 'unlink' exists. You are unambiguous that way.
Anyways, to be pedantic, 'rm' by itself will not remove a directory or a link to
a directory (when specified as link-name/) unless the directory is empty. Also,
sudo is not required unless the logged in user doesn't have the correct
permissions (ie: write permission on the containing directory).
cheers,
- steve
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