symlink for a command - affected by its location

[Sabniveesu Shashank]

ls -l /usr/local/bin/node
--results in--
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 May 17 19:32 /usr/local/bin/node ->
/home/user1/node-v0.10.6-linux-x86/bin/node

I don't have it now in /usr/bin, but when it was, the ls -l was checked and
verified to be the same


On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 4:25 AM, <tk at sawada-co.tk> wrote:

>  On Sat, 18 May 2013 19:23:31 +0530
>  Subject: Re: symlink for a command - affected by its location
>  Sabniveesu Shashank <shashank16392 at gmail.com> Wrote:
>
> > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 4:30 AM, k t <tk at sawada-co.tk> wrote:
> >
> >> 2013/5/17 Sabniveesu Shashank <shashank16392 at gmail.com>:
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Sabniveesu Shashank wrote:
> >> >> > I created a symlink for an executable in /usr/bin which didn't
> work.
> >> But
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > created the same in /usr/local/bin which worked the way I expected.
> >> How
> >> >> > are
> >> >> > these two different?
> >> >>
> >> >> Where was the symlink to, how did you create it, and what happened
> >> >> when "it didn't work"? Do you still have the creation commands in
> your
> >> >> history?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Avi
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >
> >> > Actual location of command- ~/Sources/nodejs/bin/node
> >> > Command -   cd "-->till 'bin "
> >> >                    sudo ln -s node /usr/bin  [executing 'node' didn't
> >> work]
> >> >                    sudo ln -s node /usr/local/bin  [executing 'node'
> >> worked
> >> > as expected]
> >>
> >> What happened when "it didn't work"?
> >>  command not found : node  ???
> > yes k t
>
> please confirm /usr/bin/node ,
> # ls -l   /usr/bin/node
>
> if symbolic link of /usr/bin/node is not correct.
> you should execute "ln -s" with full path.
>
> # sudo ln -s /path/to/node /usr/bin
>
> --
> tk
>
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