removing hard linked directories

[Bernd Felsche]

In article <1991Mar20.013744.12749 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>How would you recommend removing a directory that is linked under several
>different names?  The directory really is empty but rmdir lies and says
>it is not empty.

fsdb and reduce the link count to 2. then run fsck.

with sysv, you shouldn't have the multiple hard links anyway, except
to sub-directories, unless... perhaps:

there is a process still running, with its working directory in limbo,
below the directory you are trying to remove.

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