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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob S wrote:
> 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.

Yes, the /usr/bin/X11 DIRECTORY has been a standard path for
well over 20 years now for all standard X11 utilities.

>                                           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. They
> all show the exact same files and megabytes.  What is this?

Because it's a symbolic link pointing back at itself...

However, /usr/bin/X11 isn't supposed to be one....

>  Can somebody explain the purpose?

No, because /usr/bin/X11 is supposed to point at /usr/X11R6/bin.


do the following:

$ su
password:
# cd /usr/bin
# rm X11
# ln ../X11R6/bin X11
# exit
$ ls -al /usr/bin/X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-12-26 /usr/bin/X11 -> ../X11R6/bin


> Bob S



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