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Remove a symlink to a directory

Nov 11th, 2011
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  1. # this works
  2. rm foo
  3. # versus
  4. rm foo/
  5.  
  6. $ unlink mySymLink
  7.  
  8. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$ mkdir bar
  9. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$ ln -s bar foo
  10. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$ ls -l foo
  11. lrwxrwxrwx 1 skrall skrall 3 2008-10-16 16:22 foo -> bar
  12. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$ rm foo
  13. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$ ls -l foo
  14. ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory
  15. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$ ls -l bar
  16. total 0
  17. skrall@skrall-desktop:~$
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