title: Remove a symlink to a directory
body: <p>I have a symlink to an important directory. I want to get rid of that symlink, while keeping the directory behind it.  </p>
  
  <p>I tried <code>rm</code> and get back <code>rm: cannot remove 'foo'</code>.<br>
  I tried <code>rmdir</code> and got back <code>rmdir: failed to remove 'foo': Directory not empty</code><br>
  I then progressed through <code>rm -f</code>, <code>rm -rf</code> and <code>sudo rm -rf</code></p>
  
  <p>Then I went to find my back-ups.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to get rid of the symlink with out throwing away the baby with the bathwater?   </p>