Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52176&edit=1
ID: 52176 Updated by: fel...@php.net Reported by: o_shes01 at uni-muenster dot de Summary: unlink() cannot delete symbolic link which points to a directory -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Windows Vista SP2 PHP Version: 5.3.2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-24 19:37:57] o_shes01 at uni-muenster dot de Description: ------------ unlink($fname) fails if the file named by $fname is a symbolic link which points to a directory. Such a link (not the directory which it points to!) can however be deleted via "rmdir($fname)", which is also a bug (IMHO). Note: if the link points to a regular file (not directory), then unlink works as expected (deletes the link, not the file pointed to). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52176&edit=1