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From: logan@rockville.dg.com (James L. Logan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Hardlinked directories
Message-ID: <597@inpnms.ROCKVILLE.DG.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 90 22:14:57 GMT
References: <7979.9006261239@tsuna.cogs.susx.ac.uk>
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In article <7979.9006261239@tsuna.cogs.susx.ac.uk>
eddyg@cogs.sussex.ac.uk ("Edward J. Groenendaal") writes:  
# And so I'm left with two directories, both empty, which I can't
# delete!!!
# 
# Can anyone help me from this predicament???

Cd to one of the directory names that was linked and type
"ls -la".  You said the directories are empty.  How empty? If you
do not see "." and ".." listed,  

	1.  cd to the parent directory (Using a full pathname starting
	with "/" since ".." doesn't exist).
	2.  Type "ls -li" and check that the inode numbers are the same
	and that there are only 2 links (there should be).  
	3.  Use /etc/unlink to remove both directories.

otherwise if "." and ".." are listed,

	1.  cd to the previous directory.
	2.  Use /etc/unlink to remove ONE of the directories.
	3.  Use /bin/rmdir to remove the other.

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