symlink for a command - affected by its location

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2013-05-19 05:15, Sabniveesu Shashank wrote:
> 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

(please don't top post when replying)

If the command does not work, try a "which node" to see whether the 
link is found in your path.
I suspect that for some reason /usr/bin is not in your PATH whereas 
/usr/local/bin is.

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman

> 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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