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Re: dangling symlink



On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:00:08 -0800
ben <benfoley@rcn.com> wrote:

> how does one go about repairing a dangling symlink?
> 
> e.g.:
> # man kdm
> man: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/kdm.1.gz is a dangling symlink
> No manual entry for kdm

maybe someone deleted the file /usr/share/man/man1/kdm.1.gz (or
if /usr/share/man/man1/kdm.1.gz is/was a symlink, the file that
was pointed to by).

What happens if you do:
  $  ls -aFl /usr/share/man/man1/kdm.1.gz

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