From: banders@ecd.rockwell.com (Bart Anderson) Subject: Re: rm -R reports "circular reference" 17 Mar 1998 10:07:08 -0800 Message-ID: <350CB649.3F3B.cygnus.gnu-win32@ecd.rockwell.com> References: <350AB233.87B89052@a.crl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Weiqi Gao Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com As I recall, the earliest reports were about the Inode not being unique because of ignoring case of filenames. There was a report that this could be resolved by using the full path name in figuring the Inode. There was recently a post about new support for mixed case support for b19. Check the archives. Bart Weiqi Gao wrote: > > Hi, > > I encountered an error while trying to "rm -R" a directory tree. rm > reports "circular reference" in the directory structure. > > I seem to remember seeing such errors being discussed, but couldn't find > the details of when such error would occur. > > BTW. The directory tree I tried to delete was the one created by "MS > Media Manager" from the MS Visual Studio 97 Enterprise Edition. > > -- > Weiqi Gao > weiqigao@a.crl.com > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". -- Bartlee A. Anderson System Test (Interfaces-Tools-Automation-ISDN) Rockwell International Electronic Commerce Division 300 Bauman Ct. banders@ecd.rockwell.com MS 933-605 Opinions my own, not Rockwell's VOICE (630) 227-8975 Wood Dale, IL 60191 FAX (630) 227-9771 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".