Date: 29 Jun 2003 12:28:39 -0400 From: Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deleting Symlink Message-ID: <1056904119.65856.34.camel@jake> In-Reply-To: <20030629161557.GA92368@bellsouth.net> References: <20030629161557.GA92368@bellsouth.net>
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On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 12:15, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > Hello everyone. I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 and I am trying to delete a symlink from one file to another > > (/usr/local/www/data to data-dist and /usr/local/www/cgi-bin to cgi-bin-dist) > > I was told when I use portupgrade it will delete my files If I don't delete the symlinks so could > someone help me out here I've never heard of it DELETING files, but I have heard of it changing permissions, and occasionally failing (eg, if there files/folders with spaces in the name). Anyhow, removing a symlink is just like removing a file (with rm). You can restore the symlink later, if necessary, using 'ln -s' man 1 rm man 1 ln -- Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net>
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