"Gary L. Dolan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> Thanks for the information. If this is really a *bad* idea, it ought not
> to be in the info program as a viable option to rm without some explanation.
Actually, because it's such a bad idea, Linux (the kernel) doesn't let
you do it. From fs/ext2/namei.c:
retval = -EPERM;
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
goto end_unlink;
Which is why you got the "Operation not permitted" error.
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