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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Symbolic Links Post 302359417 by ilikecows on Tuesday 6th of October 2009 01:22:51 PM
Old 10-06-2009
A symlink is deleted like any other file regardless of what it points to. All you should have to do is:
Code:
# rm filename

If foldername is a symlink, changing ownership of it isn't going to do anything. You need to change ownership of the file or directory the symbolic link points to.
 

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Math::Symbolic::Parser::Precompiled(3pm)		User Contributed Perl Documentation		  Math::Symbolic::Parser::Precompiled(3pm)

NAME
Math::Symbolic::Parser::Precompiled - Precompiled Math::Symbolic Parser DESCRIPTION
This module is a precompiled version of the Parse::RecDescent grammar that can be found in $Math::Symbolic::Parser::Grammar. It is used internally to improve startup performance. Please use the new() method in the Math::Symbolic::Parser namespace to generate new parsers. Also note that some modules on CPAN (like Math::SymbolicX::Complex, etc.) modify the parser which is stored in $Math::Symbolic::Parser at the time of loading the module. AUTHOR
Please send feedback, bug reports, and support requests to the Math::Symbolic support mailing list: math-symbolic-support at lists dot sourceforge dot net. Please consider letting us know how you use Math::Symbolic. Thank you. If you're interested in helping with the development or extending the module's functionality, please contact the developers' mailing list: math-symbolic-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net. List of contributors: Steffen Mueller, symbolic-module at steffen-mueller dot net Stray Toaster, mwk at users dot sourceforge dot net Oliver Ebenhoeh SEE ALSO
New versions of this module can be found on http://steffen-mueller.net or CPAN. The module development takes place on Sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/math-symbolic/ Math::Symbolic Math::Symbolic::Parser perl v5.10.1 2011-01-01 Math::Symbolic::Parser::Precompiled(3pm)
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