can't delete directory symlinks??

[David A. Bandel]

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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:14:38 -0800
"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> I've just discovered some rather odd behavior when I can no longer 
> delete symlinks that point to directories.
> 
> For example, if I have:
> ln -s bar foo
> foo -> bar
> 
> where bar is a directory, if I try to delete foo:
> rm foo
> rm: cannot remove `foo/': Not a directory
> 
> Am i missing something obvious?

yes.  The symlink is not called foo/ it's called foo.  foo/ doesn't
exist, so it's a little tough to delete it.  Stop using your <Tab> key
in bash and you won't have this problem. ;-)

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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