A symlink can be created like:
ln -s /path/ linkname
from the ln man pages:
ln [OPTION]… [-T] TARGET LINK_NAME (1st form)
-s, –symbolic
make symbolic links instead of hard links
to remove a symlink
rm linkname
What is important here is to note that the command doesn’t have the trailing slash
$ rm linkname/
will output the error:rm: cannot remove `linkname/': Is a directory
$ rmdir linkname/
will output:rmdir: linkname/: Not a directory
So it’s a directory or not?? i guess different tools have different ways of looking at this. Isn’t GNU/Linux great?! :D
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