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Re: Trying to delete a symlink to a nonexistent file...

From	Daniel Höpfl <news@hoepfl.de>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.programmer.help
Subject	Re: Trying to delete a symlink to a nonexistent file...
Date	2011-09-26 19:23 +0200
Organization	albasani.net
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Hi,

> In a terminal, there's this symlink to a file:
> 
> b52e2de8fed975e25f1723d200000012-runtime -> /tmp/pulse-tmjfVpvLvLtZ
> 
> except the file /tmp/pulse-tmjfVpvLvLtZ does not exist any longer.
> 
> I am trying to clean out a directory and this file will not be removed
> by the 'rm' command because the file to which it points no longer
> exists.
> 
> I tried 'rm' and 'unlink' but both return the same errors.
> 
> Any suggestions?

In addition to Richard's request for the exact rm command: Also include
the output of `ls -ledB@ *runtime` in your response.

Bye,
   Daniel

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Trying to delete a symlink to a nonexistent file... commiebastard <oraclmaster@gmail.com> - 2011-09-25 21:02 -0700
  Re: Trying to delete a symlink to a nonexistent file... Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-09-26 14:15 +0100
  Re: Trying to delete a symlink to a nonexistent file... Daniel Höpfl <news@hoepfl.de> - 2011-09-26 19:23 +0200

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