rm -fR <name_dir_softlink>

This is exactly what you said that you did not want to do. ~~~ That is correct. If I us rm <name_dir_softlink>, rm says it can't remove a dir. I used 'unlink' and that gave me the result I was looking for. Thank you, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org