Hi again I have additional info on the report.
> If I do "rm -i symbolic_link_name", it goes to the > directory to which the symlink points to and asks > me to delete each file. The problem occurs _only_ if I end the symbolic name with a trailing backslash "/". In this case, rm tries to remove the directory to which "symbolic_link_name" points. If I DO NOT add the trayling backslash, it removes the link. If this is the expected behavior, I find it a little dangerous, since a shell script trying to delete a symbolic linke may end up deleting a whole partition Anyway, thanks a lot -- Leo > Dear fileutils maintainers > > I recently upgraded my distro to Mandrake 9.0, which comes > with fileutils-4.1.11-5mdk > > I systematically have a problem removing symbolic links > If I do "rm -i symbolic_link_name", it goes to the > directory to which the symlink points to and asks > me to delete each file. > > I understand from the docs that rm is still supposed to > remove the link, not the target. > > Is that an unreported change in behavior or a bug ?. > If it's a bug, I would be very happy to give you > any more info as you need it > > Many many thanks for suck wonderful utils > -- leo > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Leonardo J. Milano > Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware > 217 Sharp Lab., Newark, DE 19716, USA > Tel: +1 302.831.1579 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax: +1 302.831.1843 * http://udel.edu/~lmilano/ > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
