Solved: How to remove a symbolic link to a directory

[mister_v]

Hi,

I want to delete a symbolic link to a directory
Put it doesn't work with rm

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rm DIR/
rm: cannot remove 'DIR/': Is a directory

Even forcing it:

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rm -f DIR/
rm: cannot remove 'DIR/': Is a directory

I don't want to do rm -fr,
because it might delete everything in the directory,
and I don't want that.

Even tried "unlink"

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unlink DIR/
unlink: cannot unlink 'DIR/': Not a directory

Doesn't work either

[Chris]

You need to handle it like a file.
Without the slash '/'

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rm DIR

This should work.

When you use tab to complete the directory-name,
it automatically adds the slash (/).
But it is not needed in this case.

[mister_v]

Ok this was the problem.

I feel kinda stupid now.