removing hard linked directories

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1991Mar20.013744.12749 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>How would you recommend removing a directory that is linked under several
>different names?  The directory really is empty but rmdir lies and says
>it is not empty.

You remove the extra links essentially the same way that you created them:
have effective UID 0 perform unlink() operations.  Some systems may have
"link" and "unlink" utilities for use by the superuser.