> How does one remove a symbolic link to say /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/hdc. > This is not clear in any literature I have seen, although under 'rm' > and its '--directory' option there is mention of 'unlink' but no > further reference is made to this anywhere and I doubt it's relevant.
You do use "rm". Doing so will *not* touch the "real" file that it's pointing to. Don't worry ;-) > If I need to recreate /dev/ttySx or /dev/hdx which 'ls -l' show as > crw-rw---- and brw-rw---- respectively, how would I go about > doing so? You can't control nor change the permissions on symbolic links. Regards Hall