How to undo this?

Question

I set up a soft link on my MAMP system like this

ln -s php5.3 php5

but I think it might have been the cause of system problems that just appeared

does anyone know how to undo it?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '11 at 11:02

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rm php5

The symbolic link is a file and can be removed by rm like regular files. This won't affect the target.

answered Jun 01 '11 at 11:02

Jan Hudec

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '11 at 11:03

2

Use unlink instead of rm, it's much safer.

unlink php5

answered Jun 01 '11 at 11:03

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 01 '11 at 11:03

1

Delete the symbolic link like this:

rm -i php5

answered Jun 01 '11 at 11:03

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