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How do I delete a symbolic link?
I just created a symbolic link to a directory using ln -s </remote-directory> < name>
I just want to get rid of it. What should I do? muck thanks, rkk |
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use unlink
look at man pages of unlink While linked files and directories can be removed using unlink, it is safer to use rm(1) and rmdir(1) instead. See rm(1) and rmdir(1). |
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Hmm...thats a roundabout way. Why not just use rm? Especially if the unlink man page tells you to use rm.
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