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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: OT: How do I remove dead symlinks?
From:       Anders Johansson <andjoh () cicada ! linux-site ! net>
Date:       2001-06-10 17:20:45
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On Sunday 10 June 2001 17:06, Christopher Willmot wrote:

> [I've been getting around it by moving the whole directory to /lost+found,
> then manually refilling a new copy in the right place.]

Slightly odd, because if you strace it, a mv is a cp followed by an rm. If rm 
fails, you shouldn't be able to mv it either. You can't chmod a symlink, it 
is always lrwxrwxrwx. Do you get any error messages in the syslog?

Regards
Anders

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