As Jeff points out it makes no difference whether you use PURGELINK or rm if
you are operating on a file . However, when it comes to removing symbolic
links (the intended purpose of the PURGELINK command) I happen to prefer
PURGELINK to rm because I know beyond any doubt that PURGELINK is working on
the link itself. I have to stop and think whether rm removes the link, or
the target of the link.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "Pickering, John (NORBORD)" wrote:
> > Can someone comment on the difference between PURGELINK and using
> > rm.hpbin.sys? Is one "safer" or "better" than the other? Or are the
> > results the same?
>
> They are essentially the same.  A shortcut is to (within the shell)
> simply "mv newfile oldfile" and respond "Y" when prompted to remove the
> existing oldfile (or use mv -f newfile oldfile).