Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:26:33 +0000 From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: confusing rm/rmdir error messages Message-ID: <E0xf48n-0001Bw-00@ash3.doc.ic.ac.uk>
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Hi, Is this considered normal: [root@sprite56 /usr]# ln -s /sunsite/packages/FreeBSD/packages-current/ packages [root@sprite56 /usr]# ls -lad packages/ drwxr-xr-x 45 root wheel 8192 Dec 8 13:05 packages/ [root@sprite56 /usr]# ls -lad packages lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 43 Dec 8 14:19 packages -> /sunsite/packages/FreeBSD/packages-current/ [root@sprite56 /usr]# rm packages/ rm: packages/: is a directory /* its a directory! */ [root@sprite56 /usr]# rmdir packages/ rmdir: packages: Not a directory /* its not a directory! */ [root@sprite56 /usr]# rmdir packages rmdir: packages: Not a directory [root@sprite56 /usr]# rm packages [root@sprite56 /usr]# ls -lad packages ls: packages: No such file or directory It seems like rmdir is stripping off any trailing '/' from the pathname. I don't think it should do that. Thanks, Niall
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