Rudderow, Evan ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Gavin wrote:
 
: >My understanding is that this is a feature not a bug.  I'll admit
: >it's not intuitive that a command named :PURGELINK should purge
: >other than links, but :PURGELINK is the official way to make sure
: >that you will actually purge the object with the given name,
: >regardless of what it is.
:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
: So if I have a symbolic link to, say, a printer, :PURGELINK will make the
: printer disappear?
 
You cannot have a symbolic link to a printer or any other device.  You
can have device links created by the :MKNOD command from the CI or
mknod from the shell.  And :PURGELINK does purge device links.
 
As Gavin stated, it is a feature, not a bug.  :PURGELINK is similiar to
unlink in POSIX terms.
 
Rick Ehrhart
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