Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:08:15 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin Subject: Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories Message-ID: <20050413170815.GO22241@cygbert.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin References: <425D42FA.2070009@swcp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <425D42FA.2070009@swcp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i On Apr 13 10:04, Lynn Wilson wrote: > rm: cannot remove directory `xxxxx/': Is a directory > [...] > > Is there a work-around for not being able to remove symbolic links to > directories? $ mkdir blah $ ln -s blah blub $ rm blub/ rm: cannot remove directory `blub/': Is a directory $ rm blub $ ls -l blub $ ls: blub: No such file or directory Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/