Invalid symbolic link cannot be removed ou updated

Question

A invalid symbolic link was created somehow. It gives a error even when I try to list the directory.

mariodourado@DGF32402:~/dev/02/trash/FolhaPEAR$ ls -l
ls: cannot read symbolic link FolhaPEAR: Not a directory
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 2207 11007 9 Fev 26 16:44 FolhaPEAR

If I try to remove...

mariodourado@DGF32402:~/dev/02/trash/FolhaPEAR$ rm -rf FolhaPEAR 
mariodourado@DGF32402:~/dev/02/trash/FolhaPEAR$ ls -la
ls: cannot read symbolic link FolhaPEAR: Not a directory
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 2 2207  2000 0 Fev 26 17:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 2207  2000 0 Fev 26 17:23 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 2207 11007 9 Fev 26 16:44 FolhaPEAR

If I try to update it...

mariodourado@DGF32402:~/dev/02/trash/FolhaPEAR$ ln -sfn /etc/ FolhaPEAR
ln: accessing ‘FolhaPEAR’: Not a directory

Any sugestions on how to remove it?

Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 19:46

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Theoretically the rm command should work if you move one up in your directory tree: mariodourado@DGF32402:~/dev/02/trash/$ rm -rf FolhaPEAR

answered Mar 06 '14 at 19:46

Michael Hogue

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Still doesn't work. mariodourado@DGF32402:~/dev/02/trash$ rm -rf FolhaPEAR/ rm: cannot remove ‘FolhaPEAR/’: Directory not empty – Mario Dourado Mar 06 '14 at 21:28
It looks like it might be the trailing slash: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/210120/remove-a-symlink-to-a-directory – Michael Hogue Mar 07 '14 at 13:00
Without the slash, returns 'cannot remove ‘FolhaPEAR’: Directory not empty' also. – Mario Dourado Mar 10 '14 at 14:56

Invalid symbolic link cannot be removed ou updated

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