Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 10:13:45 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: more info Re: how did I manage this? Message-ID: <19990912101345.F14022@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <19990912100557.E14022@holly.calldei.com> References: <19990911160425.B13033@holly.calldei.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909121133280.7847-100000@crb.crb-web.com> <19990912100557.E14022@holly.calldei.com>
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On Sun, Sep 12, 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > > 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 "/". Oops! No it's not. It's expanding to nothing because it's unset. See my second paragraph (sentence): > Try unsetting that variable and then enclosing it in single > quotes in your rm command. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |A low level language is one whose programs |require attention to the irrelevant. `------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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