[KLUG Members] rm doesn't remove symbolic link to directory?

[Steve Petersen]

Hi folks,

I know this should be easy.  But everywhere I look on the web, I'm told 
to remove a symbolic link to a directory (without removing the target) 
just by using 'rm'.  But when I try it, RH8 asks if I want to remove the 
  directory, instead of the symbolic link.  If I gamely say "yes" 
anyway, it starts listing the contents of the target directory, as 
though those files really were going to be deleted (I have rm aliased to 
'rm -i').  This is enough to scare me.  I just want to delete the link! 
  'unlink' has similarly unpleasant behavior, it seems.

One weird thing:  the contents of the symlink's target get listed with 
two slashes, like this:

<shell>
[10:29 PM spetey]$ rm notes/
rm: remove directory `notes/'? y
rm: remove symbolic link `notes//index.html'? n
rm: remove write-protected regular file 
`notes//class-notes-template.html'? n
rm: remove regular file `notes//intro-notes.html~'? n
rm: remove regular file `notes//intro-notes.html'?
</shell>

What's up?  How *do* I delete a symlink to a directory?

Thanks,
Steve