too many levels of symbolic links

[rcbac]

Hello,

I have a directory with alot of information that is linked to another directory. I want to remove the link and leave the original directory unharmed. Does anyone know how to do this?

This is how is looks right now.

ansys_inc -> /ansys_inc/v121 (remove the link to /ansys_inc/v121 and leave ansys_inc unharmed).

Thanks for any help.

 

[BigTN]

Make sure it's a symbolic link first.

ls -la will give you a detail listing. The listing for your ansys_inc should indicate it is symbolic:

"l" as the first letter in the permissions list. If it is you simply "rm" the link. If ansys_inc has a size of 4096 it is a directory; do NOT remove it.

You show ansys_inc is a link to /ansys_inc/v121.

rm ansys_inc will remove your link. Removing a symbolic link does not affect the item it is linked to.

 

[rcbac]

I'll try this... thanks for your help.