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Re: unlink
From: |
Philip Rowlands |
Subject: |
Re: unlink |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:20:09 +0100 (BST) |
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, Dave Richards wrote:
>If you accidentally use unlink on a real file, it won't do anything to
>it.
Not true. unlink is quite happy to delete real files; I'd even suggest
rm is safer, as it will prompt in certain circumstances where unlink
won't (--interactive or write-protected files).
Cheers,
Phil
- unlink, Dave Richards, 2005/10/21