On Tuesday 31 Aug 2004 16:39 pm, Tom Nielsen wrote:
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a simple question might not have a simple answer, so don't jump on folks for asking a question.
Perhaps the problem is that your question was not the right one to get the answer you wanted? I'll give you that.
Q: How do you remove a symlink? A: With rm, just like any other file... but if I rm file2, am I not going to delete the actual file and not the sym
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 9:03 am, Dylan wrote: link?
but
Q: I have sym1 => sym2 => file3 and want sym1 => file3, what's the best way? ....
I take it that is what you meant... The real answer, of course, is to not make links to links...
The real answer is for me to reformat my drive and start over ;-) Actually I wanted to remove the link from file2 to file3. So file1 > File2 and File3 stands alone. -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 1.805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com