Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:58:31 +0000 From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> Subject: Re: symlink confusion Message-ID: <200311122158.31594.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20031112153352.0507dc38@pop.face2interface.com> References: <20031112200057.9D8A216A64E@hub.freebsd.org> <6.0.0.22.0.20031112153352.0507dc38@pop.face2interface.com>
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On Wednesday 12 November 2003 20:38, Marty Landman wrote: > At 03:00 PM 11/12/2003, you wrote: > ># ln -s /home/steve/directory /tmp/directory > ># rm /tmp/directory > > > >In testing, the original directory (/home/steve/directory) did not get > > removed > > I'm a newbie Steve so maybe will be asking more than answering here. But > isn't it the case that with a soft link as you created in the first line in > the second line you'd only be deleting the link itself and not the actual > directory? But if you used a hard link You can't make hard links to directories. See ln(1) for more info. > # ln /home/steve/directory /tmp/directory > # rm /tmp/directory > > then the real directory would be deleted? > > > Marty Landman Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387 > Sign On Required: Web membership software for your site > Make a Website: http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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