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From: gaynor@busboys.rutgers.edu (Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How do I unlink directories created with ln -f?
Message-ID: <Jun.28.15.38.00.1990.3430@busboys.rutgers.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 90 19:38:04 GMT
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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> I created ...  a hard link to that directory using ln -f.  I can not seem to
> get rid of either of the directories ... as root using rm, rmdir, or unlink.

I did the same thing a couple of years ago, took the same approach, and failed
as well.  unlink is SUPPOSED to handle this.  However, I wound up having to
interactively fsck the system.  I did not chase down the problem further, so I
can't tell you why unlink didn't work.

Regards, [Ag] gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu