Eric Enright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/27/05, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Add GNU rm.... it includes an option that allows you to unlink non-empty
> > directories as root. This is a feature that POSIX did put with care into
> > a separate utility called "unlink". So GNU rm includes an unneeded security
> > risk if you make a typo.
>
> Why would someone want to unlink a non-empty directory?
One reason may be to remove a hard link to another existing directory.
Jörg
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