Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Bug in Ultrix2.0? Message-ID: <9560@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 09:02:29 EST Article-I.D.: mimsy.9560 Posted: Sun Nov 29 09:02:29 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 06:06:23 EST References: <10570@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 11 In article <10570@brl-adm.ARPA> "oread::barbanis"@CS-UMASS.arpa writes: >If you are a superuser and do unlink("foo"), it always unlinks, >even if foo is a directory, and even if this directory is not >empty. This is not a bug. This is a feature. How else are you going to remove an extra link to a directory when a directory somehow acquires one (disk glitch, kernel bug, or whatever)? -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris