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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: removing hard linked directories
Message-ID: <15534@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 20 Mar 91 22:19:40 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.013744.12749@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1991Mar20.013744.12749@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>How would you recommend removing a directory that is linked under several
>different names?  The directory really is empty but rmdir lies and says
>it is not empty.

You remove the extra links essentially the same way that you created them:
have effective UID 0 perform unlink() operations.  Some systems may have
"link" and "unlink" utilities for use by the superuser.