From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 22 12: 1:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A5937B41D for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:01:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=tanya.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16T76L-00031a-00 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:01:01 +0000 Received: by tanya.raggedclown.net (tanya.raggedclown.intra, from userid 500) id 8B5CB1181; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:01:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:01:00 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rm - unlink syntax Message-ID: <20020122200100.GA3097@raggedclown.net> References: <02012211192800.17022@ti_ello> <3.0.5.32.20020122134423.01831ca0@mail.sage-american.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020122134423.01831ca0@mail.sage-american.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 01:44:23PM -0600, jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > hmmm... just #rm works for me.... as I recall. If not, #rm -rf... NO ! Do not do this ! > At 11:19 AM 1.22.2002 -0800, tipaporiello wrote: > >Hoy, > > > >What is the syntax for removing a symbolic link with rm? > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Same as with removing any file. rm filename REPEAT .. do *not* do an rm -rf... -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message