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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.shell
Subject: File remove command?
Message-ID: <3431@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 91 16:49:11 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Followup-To: comp.unix.shell
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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Has anyone written a remove command which will unlink all links to a
file inode when the command is issued on any one name? Yes I know it's
dangerous, but there are times when I want certain data unconditionally
off my system.

Example:
  $ mkdir foo
  $ cd foo
  $ date >x1
  $ ln x1 x2
  $ remove x1	# this is the one
  $ ls
  $
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
        "Most of the VAX instructions are in microcode,
         but halt and no-op are in hardware for efficiency"