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Old 06-16-2020, 03:18 AM   #1
CollieJim
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stop rm following links

When I try to use rm to delete a soft link, it wants to delete the target directory.

How do I stop that?
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Old 06-16-2020, 04:09 AM   #2
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When I try to use rm to delete a soft link, it wants to delete the target directory.
Don't use a trailing /
So "rm link_file" will remove the link itself, but "rm link-file/" will try to remove what it is pointing TO.
 
  


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