[NTLUG:Discuss] symbolic links
Darin W. Smith
darin_ext at darinsmith.net
Wed Apr 16 09:27:54 CDT 2003
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:12:46 -0500, Richard Humphrey <richard at multicam.com>
wrote:
> How do you remove a symbolic link?
>
>
> Richard Humphrey
>
supposing:
mylink -> myfile
rm mylink
will remove the link and leave the file (myfile) intact.
As long as it is a *symbolic* link, rm will just remove the link (don't do
that on hard links though, because a hard link is really the original file)
.
Depending on the shell you use, and the distro you use, you may also have
an 'unlink' command.
Note that depending on permissions, or sometimes if the file pointed to
doesn't exist, you may have to use the -f (force) option to rm.
--
D!
Darin W. Smith
AIM: JediGrover
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