Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:01:36 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm -f doesn't delete symlink Message-ID: <4585B030.3090809@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk> References: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk>
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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
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