Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:26:28 +0100 From: Borja Marcos <BORJAMAR@SARENET.ES> To: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] rm can have undesired side-effects Message-ID: <8649A16F-CA40-4050-9F66-03B5B20D8B90@SARENET.ES> In-Reply-To: <00f201c6fbb6$0c6bd150$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <20061029222847.GA68272@marvin.astase.com> <20061030003628.42bc5f8d@loki.starkstrom.lan> <00f201c6fbb6$0c6bd150$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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> That maybe the case but does rm -f <file> remove all copies? > Nope so its behaviour is safe even with multiple hardlinks. No. rm unlinks a file from a directory. If the file had no more links, it is deleted as well. There's no surprise at all on the behavior of rm with hard links. Borja.
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