> The linked file in Netscape 6 is no big deal because the linked file is > in several sub directories below, so the rm -rf will wipe out the linked > files. But suppose you had linked files outside of the directory of the > program that you were uninstalling? You don't take hours trying to find > the linked files and deleting them do you? Here's what I think. Tell > me if this is right. Some "find" incantation should help you out: find . -type l That'll spit out all symbolic links in the current directory (and all subdirectories). At this point, we can invoke find's "-printf" option and display the files that these symbolic links point to: find . -type l -printf "%l\n" If you wanna remove them, do something like: rm -i `find . -type l -printf "%l\n"` (or your favorite options to "rm" like "-rf"... but for goodness' sake, BE CAREFUL!!! ) :) -bill!
