Jack Byers wrote:
> [byers@byers /]$ ls -l /etc/X11/X
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Apr 14 1999 /etc/X11/X ->
> ../../../../../usr/X11R6/bin/XFCom_Matrox
> [byers@byers /]$
>
> I dont grok the 5 levels of ../ in this link
>
> it seem to me i am asking for info on a file(a link) X
> 2 levels below / so i would expect 2 levels of ../
> 1st ../ would take me back up from X11 dir to etc dir
> 2d ../ would take me back up from etc dir to /
>
> can anyone clear up the ../ dots I am seeing?
My guess is they are wanting to make sure they are going all the way up the
tree?
Really, I don't know. But FWIW here's what it looks like on my RH6.2
install.
[bhughes@bretdell_linux /etc]$ ls -al X11/X
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Nov 15 1999 X11/X ->
../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
Bret
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