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

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote, on 05/04/2014 00:54:
> 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.

But you're right, with the -l switch of the ls command the OP should have seen
something like

lrwxrwxrwx 1 user users 1 May  4 00:56 /tmp/xx/firefox-bin -> x

indicating a soft-link.

Regards,
jvp.