Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:01:36 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm -f doesn't delete symlink Message-ID: <4585B030.3090809@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk> References: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk>
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Jeppe Bundsgaard wrote: > > Hi, > I am trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1. But when I run installworld it > halts when trying to create a symlink: /sys. Just before the error the > script tries to delete the old symlink with: rm -f /sys. But this > doesn't delete the symlink. > No flags are set on /sys. > Anybody got any idea what is wrong? > Thanks. > Jeppe Jeppe, Try without the -f and see what the error is. -f (in my book at least) usually evaluates to (yes, quiet) in regular files / symlinks at least. -Garrett
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