On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Chris Young wrote: > Because unlinking a directory causes any files in the deleted directory to > become unreferenced, it is wise to fsck the filesystem after doing this. > > >From perldoc -f unlink: > Note: unlink() will not delete directories unless you are superuser and > the -U flag is supplied to Perl. Even if these conditions are > met, be warned that unlinking a directory can inflict damage on your > filesystem. Use rmdir() instead. > > I'm not even sure why there is an option to call unlink() on a directory. > > If you would like to be more confused, check out: > http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/spos/notes/calls/unlink.html
Hmm.. could be used for hiding a directory such as something that contains a license or secret key of some kind for a proprietary application or some hackers application. -- ---<GRiP>--- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Answering Machine/fax: 02 4950 1194 (wait 5 mins if no answer) Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
