### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.rse.services.ssh
Index: src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/ssh/files/SftpFileService.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/dsdp/org.eclipse.tm.rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.ssh/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/ssh/files/SftpFileService.java,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 SftpFileService.java
--- src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/ssh/files/SftpFileService.java	10 Aug 2007 11:37:27 -0000	1.20
+++ src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/ssh/files/SftpFileService.java	24 Aug 2007 23:50:04 -0000
@@ -671,6 +671,11 @@
 							String fullPathQuoted = PathUtility.enQuoteUnix(fullPath);
 							int rv = runCommand("rm -rf "+fullPathQuoted, monitor); //$NON-NLS-1$
 							ok = (rv==0);
+						} else if(e.id == ChannelSftp.SSH_FX_NO_SUCH_FILE) {
+							// this could be a link to a directory too, if it really doesn't exist, this will throw an exception
+							// this is just a workaround for bug 174690 as attrs.isLink() always seems to return false for soft/hard links 
+							getChannel("SftpFileService.delete.rm").rm(fullPath); //$NON-NLS-1$
+							ok=true;
 						} else {
 							throw e;
 						}