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Re: What is the difference between unlink and rm -f?
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David Both |
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Re: What is the difference between unlink and rm -f? |
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:54:16 -0500 |
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They are effectively the same. The rm command simply removes the
specified link. However the file is not truly deleted until all of the
hard links to it have been deleted.
I discuss links and hard links extensively in Chapter 18 of my book,
/Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1 -Zero to SysAdmin: Getting
Started <http://www.both.org/?page_id=1183#Vol1>./
On 1/29/20 4:45 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
Hi,
It seems to me unlink and rm -f are the same if the goal is the delete
files. When are they different? Thanks.
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