RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-14 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: beau >Sent: 13 April 2005 20:43 > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dave+korn+ksh&btnG=Google+Search > > You can imagine my confusion after a quick look at this result. I was > beginning to feel guilty about switching to bash when I log onto > freeshell. Ima

Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread beau
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dave+korn+ksh&btnG=Google+Search You can imagine my confusion after a quick look at this result. I was beginning to feel guilty about switching to bash when I log onto freeshell. Next: let's see what gmail allows for in the way of HTCMMTNQREAIYR. cheers --

RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread Dave \"I do not speak for AT&T!\" Korn
Original Message >From: beau >Sent: 13 April 2005 19:49 > On 4/13/05, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ^ Try and remember to delete raw email addys from your replies Beau, see http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR for a det

Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 11:48:33AM -0700, beau wrote: >(a little flustered at bantering with a celeb) A celeb? He's not *that* Korn although he does have some notoreity around here... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com

Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread beau
On 4/13/05, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nonono! I was inventing a new acronym for "We're Just Nice"! I wondered why that anchor didn't take me to a specific reference, then got so caught up in the list that I plum failed to parse the s/M/N/ that you were suggesting. You want mean, tr

RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: beau >Sent: 13 April 2005 19:06 > On 4/13/05, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Wow! http://cygwin.com/acronyms#WJN ! > Damn. Sorry 'bout that. "You guys suck, and now I'm going to go cry > in my AOL" is what I meant to say. ;) > > beau Nonono! I wa

Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread beau
On 4/13/05, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow! http://cygwin.com/acronyms#WJN ! Damn. Sorry 'bout that. "You guys suck, and now I'm going to go cry in my AOL" is what I meant to say. ;) beau -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: ht

RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: beau >Sent: 13 April 2005 18:28 > Without a doubt or a reservation, this > cygwin list is the most responsive, helpful resource I have ever had > the pleasure to rely on. Wow! http://cygwin.com/acronyms#WJN ! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a wi

Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories

2005-04-13 Thread Eric Blake
> Just upgraded to the latest versions moments ago. > I had created a symbolic link to a directory some time ago. > > If I try and remove the symlink using Bash I get the following error: > > rm: cannot remove directory `x/': Is a directory For rm, POSIX requires that when a trailing / is ap

offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

2005-04-13 Thread beau
On 4/13/05, Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied to someone else: > $ ln -s blah blub Corinna, I've poked around the fringes of the linux world since my first attempts at cgi in '96; ran my first linux box in '99 (dual boot imac rev c with MacOS9 and linuxppc-1999). But I'm a dilettante.

Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories

2005-04-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 13 10:04, Lynn Wilson wrote: > rm: cannot remove directory `x/': Is a directory > [...] > > Is there a work-around for not being able to remove symbolic links to > directories? $ mkdir blah $ ln -s blah blub $ rm blub/ rm: cannot remove directory `blub/': Is a directory $ rm blub $ ls

rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories

2005-04-13 Thread Lynn Wilson
Just upgraded to the latest versions moments ago. I had created a symbolic link to a directory some time ago. If I try and remove the symlink using Bash I get the following error: rm: cannot remove directory `x/': Is a directory If I then empty the contents of the directory and repeat the 'rm x