Re: symbolic link

2011-07-17 Thread Bob Proulx
lina wrote: > $ rm -r build/ > rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory > $ rm build/ > rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory > $ mv build/ build.old > mv: cannot move `build/' to `build.old': Not a directory > ... > lrwxrwxrwx 1 lina hpcusers 24 Dec 27 2009 build -> /scratch/lina/bui

Re: symbolic link

2011-07-17 Thread David Christensen
On 07/17/2011 07:46 PM, lina wrote: $ ls -l total 256 lrwxrwxrwx 1 lina hpcusers 24 Dec 27 2009 build -> /scratch/lina/build/ I don't know how to remove /build. How about: $ rm build That should remove the link. HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: symbolic link

2011-07-17 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 18 July 2011 04:46:52 lina wrote: > Hi, > > There was something called build/, > > when I tried to > > $ rm -r build/ > rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory > $ rm build/ > rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory > $ mv build/ build.old > mv: cannot move `build/' to `build.o

Re: symbolic link

2011-07-17 Thread lina
After breaking the link first and the rm works. Thanks with regards, On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > There was something called build/, > > when I tried to > > $ rm -r build/ > rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory > $ rm build/ > rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a

Re: symbolic link?

1999-11-13 Thread aphro
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Sean McIlwain wrote: mcilwa > mcilwa >How do make a symbolic link to a device, say if I want to make a mcilwa >symbolic link between /dev/stylewriter and /dev/ttyS1, how would I do it? same way.. ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/stylewriter nate --

Re: symbolic link?

1999-11-13 Thread Martin Fluch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Sean McIlwain wrote: > > How do make a symbolic link to a device, say if I want to make a > symbolic link between /dev/stylewriter and /dev/ttyS1, how would I do it? ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/stylewriter or ln -s ttyS1 /dev/stylewriter