Re: [SLE] How do I remove a sym link?
From: Leendert Meyer (leen.meyer_at_home.nl)
Date: 08/31/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:43:01 +0200
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 12:32, Damon Register wrote:
> Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > this is a tough one. I agree, a search would have taken a *long*
> > time. At least as long as to type the search term into the form block
>
> Yes, it is a tough one. I've been down this road before. I had the same
> question but that "FM" that you and some others tell us to read doesn't
> make the answer clear. While to you and some it might be obvious that
> rm works only on the link, it wasn't so obvious in that "FM", not even
> in "Running Linux" from O'Reily.
>
> Thanks to Randall and Jim for your helpful answers
apropos link: a lot of lines, one of them is 'ln', the tool to create links.
man ln: somewhere in it, it is advised to use 'info coreutils ln', because the
info files contain more information than the man pages.
info coreutils ln: press the <Tab>-key once, it jumps to '*Note Symbolic
Links:', then hit <Enter>. That page should give you enough info to at least
*try* to *think* of the 'rm' command.
apropos remove: lists among others the script 'cleanlinks'. That could tempt
you to see if it is a readable file, and have a look at it. That would show
you the most crucial information on how to remove symlinks: it has an
example! ;D Yes, a real-world example.
The FM has more info than you think. ;P You only need to know how to get the
most out of it. Information retrieval (how to find info) is getting more and
more important.
Cheers,
Leen
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