[RESOLVED] Can't detect symlink in /usr/local/bin

The directory is in the path:
echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/core_perl
So I don't understand why I'm not able to run a symlink in /usr/local/bin.
Any ideas as to why?
Last edited by Goran (2012-10-17 23:24:12)

drcouzelis wrote:There's a good chance whatever it links to doesn't exist (bad link), isn't executable, or isn't accessable by your user.
Even dumber: "ln -s /usr/bin/myprogram\ -someoption linkname". I didn't realize that this is actually a link to a program named "myprogram -someoption".
... boy do I feel stupid.
Thanks for your help.

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