Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:06:44 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm -f doesn't delete symlink Message-ID: <4585CD84.4060807@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20061217211130.EC1C8E0600@smtp1.galnet.dk> References: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk> <4585B030.3090809@u.washington.edu> <20061217211130.EC1C8E0600@smtp1.galnet.dk>
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Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: > At 22:01 17-12-2006, you wrote: >> Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I am trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1. But when I run installworld >>> it halts when trying to create a symlink: /sys. Just before the >>> error the script tries to delete the old symlink with: rm -f /sys. >>> But this doesn't delete the symlink. >>> No flags are set on /sys. >>> Anybody got any idea what is wrong? >>> Thanks. >>> Jeppe >> Jeppe, >> Try without the -f and see what the error is. -f (in my book at >> least) usually evaluates to (yes, quiet) in regular files / symlinks >> at least. >> -Garrett >> _ > > Garrett, thanks for your answer. > > -f Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, > regardless of the file's permissions (cf. man rm) > > even rm -v says nothing. But /sys still exist... > Jeppe Tried unlink(1)? Shouldn't really have to use it at all, but it could solve your problem faster.. -Garrett
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