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From: kimcm@diku.dk (Kim Christian Madsen)
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Subject: Re: removing hard linked directories
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Date: 21 Mar 91 08:05:28 GMT
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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.

Supposing that you're running SysV (or something like it) you probably
have an utility in called unlink in /etc. This will do the job,
unfortunately you will have to be root to execute this, since it does
not perform the usual tests that rm/rmdir would do.

					Regards,
					Kim Chr. Madsen