RE: [cobalt-users] unable to remove file

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Rick wrote:

> Hey,
> wouldnt rm -fr * reck my system ?

Yup, sure will, as a joke, it's not funny, seen too many poor slobs do
just that on irc and wipe out their machines.

[Which is why telling people to do such things on several linux irc groups
is an automatic kick/ban]

> > [root /root]# rm /proc/ksyms
> > rm: cannot unlink `/proc/ksyms': Operation not permitted

You can't remove things in /proc, they are all make believe files

ksyms is the list of current kernel symbols...

If you are truely bored, try cat /proc/ksyms
[No, it won't hurt anything]

...

Um, *why* are you trying to remove them? Making disk space? They don't use
any you know...


gsh