[NTLUG:Discuss] Is there a way to change permissions of a link

Steve Baker sjbaker1 at airmail.net
Wed Nov 1 17:38:54 CST 2000


Steve Baker wrote:

> The 'rm' shell command is really a mis-nomer because it doesn't unlink a file
> at all.

Sorry - that should have said:

"The 'rm' shell command is really a mis-nomer because it doesn't *REMOVE* a file
at all."

(It only 'unlinks' it - to actually remove the file, it would have
to search the entire filing system looking for other hard links to it).

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