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[Bob S <911@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 06 January 2008 02:17:58 am Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
> Bob S escribió:
> > Hello SuSE users,
> >
> > While searching for files in /usr/bin I noticed something that seems odd
> > to me. There is a folder in there named X11.
>
> In this world, there are no "folders" but "directories" ;)
>
> > It is a link to the same folder.
>  >If
> > you open it, it shows the exact same thing as /usr/bin.
>
>  You can continue
>
> > opening the X11 directory until you have a /usr/bin//X11/X11/X11/X11 file
> > open on ad-infitum.
>
> yes, yes, yes ;)
>
> > Can somebody explain the purpose?
>
> Backward compatiblity.
Thanks Cristian

Bob S

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