Could someone please briefly describe the reactions to the following
actions? Sometimes I delete the original directories by deleting links,
and hopefully someone can give me some insight.
# ln -s /home/steve/directory /tmp/directory
# rm /tmp/directory
In testing, the original directory
At 03:00 PM 11/12/2003, you wrote:
# ln -s /home/steve/directory /tmp/directory
# rm /tmp/directory
In testing, the original directory (/home/steve/directory) did not get removed
I'm a newbie Steve so maybe will be asking more than answering here. But
isn't it the case that with a soft link as
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 20:38, Marty Landman wrote:
At 03:00 PM 11/12/2003, you wrote:
# ln -s /home/steve/directory /tmp/directory
# rm /tmp/directory
In testing, the original directory (/home/steve/directory) did not get
removed
I'm a newbie Steve so maybe will be asking more
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 19:48, Steve Bertrand wrote:
Could someone please briefly describe the reactions to the following
actions? Sometimes I delete the original directories by deleting links,
and hopefully someone can give me some insight.
# ln -s /home/steve/directory /tmp/directory
# ln -s /usr/X11R6 /home/steve/X11R6
Which put a new link from the original to the new location.
If I # rm /home/steve/X11R6, will I be safe as to not delete the original
directory?
I'm sorry, the above line should have read:
# rm /usr/X11R6
not the other way around. In essence, if
