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List:       coreutils-bug
Subject:    Re: Removing link to a directory
From:       Paul Eggert <eggert () CS ! UCLA ! EDU>
Date:       2007-04-17 0:04:38
Message-ID: 878xcrg92h.fsf () penguin ! cs ! ucla ! edu
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"Mohammad Seth" <Mohammad.Seth@nsc.com> writes:

> *Symptom*: Could not remove a link to a directory, got the message
>
>>rm current/
> rm: remove directory `current/'? y
> rm: cannot remove directory `current/': Is a directory
>
> current is a symbolic link to directory.

Once you specify the trailing slash, it's no longer talking about the
symbolic link: it's talking about the directory that the link points
to.  It's a bit like specifying a trailing "/.".  For example:

$ ln -s . dir
$ rm dir/
rm: cannot remove `dir/': Is a directory
$ rm dir/.
rm: cannot remove `.' directory `dir/.'
$ rm dir
$ 



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