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Re: can we remove a directory from within that directory??
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: can we remove a directory from within that directory?? |
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Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:01:47 +0100 |
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kuldeep vyas <address@hidden> writes:
> k>pwd
> /home/k/my_dir
> // oops!!
Try /bin/pwd.
> pwd says I'm in my_dir, but my_dir doesn't exist.
It does, it just doesn't have a name any more.
> I think: user should not be allowed to remove a directory,
> until & unless he is placed in a directory which is
> hierarchically above the one he has chosen to remove.
There is nothing wrong with unlinking a file (of any type) that is still
in use.
Andreas.
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