Re: `ls` shows file, `bash` says "No such file" ???

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote, on 05/04/2014 00:49:
> Ralf Mardorf wrote, on 05/03/2014 23:11:
>> On Sat, 2014-05-03 at 22:46 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
>>> Tom H wrote, on 05/03/2014 15:02:
>>>> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On my machine /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin is a link to
>>>>> /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel . So maybe on your machine
>>>>> /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin is a dangling link.
>>>>> What is the output of
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ls -lF /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin
>>>>
>>>> The OP's installed an old version of firefox outside of the packaging system!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I read that. But the symptom he describes could be due to a dangling link.
>>
>> I don't think so, a soft link would show that it's a soft link, it
>> doesn't matter, if it's broken or ok. So we are talking about a hard
>> link?
>>
> 
> I thought of the following scenario:
> 
> $ touch x
> $ ln -s x firefox-bin
> $ rm x
> 
> Now with this dangling link named firefox-bin try
> 
> $ ls firefox-bin
> firefox-bin
> 
> $ ./firefox-bin
> -bash: ./firefox-bin: No such file or directory
> 
> That's what the OT described.
OT should be OP

> 
> Regards,
> jvp.