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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: removing hard linked directories
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.180744.14522@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 18:07:44 GMT
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In article <9103211912.08@rmkhome.UUCP>, rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
|> 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.
|> 
|> Try using rm -r.

  This will not work.

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