From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 12 8: 6:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2580614EFE for ; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 08:06:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-216-62-157-60.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) by mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0FHY003XBCLZU5@mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 10:06:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA15958; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 10:05:58 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 10:05:57 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: more info Re: how did I manage this? In-reply-to: To: Wayne Cuddy Cc: FreeBSD Hackers List Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990912100557.E14022@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.6i References: <19990911160425.B13033@holly.calldei.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- |Chris Costello |Managing programmers is like herding cats. `------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message