Re: link question

[Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 01:23:19PM -0700, ghe wrote:
> What does, in /usr/bin/X11, 'X11 -> .' mean?

You mean this:

wooledg:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/X11/X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Nov 23  2016 /usr/bin/X11/X11 -> .


Note how unclear your description is, and how clear mine is.  Show
the actual COMMAND you run and the actual OUTPUT of the command.

Choose a command that gives you the desired output, which is clear
and concise.  A few years of experience with the basic Unix tools
should give you some facility in this department.


This is a symbolic link.  You can tell because of the "l" (for "link")
in the very first column of ls -l's output.


Now... your question, I take it, is, "WHY on earth is there a link
from /usr/bin/X11/X11 to /usr/bin/X11?"

Probably historical reasons.  Backward compatibility with something.

Why do you care?  Just ignore it.