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Old 09-26-2011
ls flashing red
Can someone please tell me what the flashing red means?

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# 2  
Old 09-26-2011
It means that the file the link points to does not exist. ls -L it.
# 3  
Old 09-26-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
It means that the file the link points to does not exist. ls -L it.
Yep your right Smilie.

Code:
ls -L
ls: cannot access libnpjp2.so: No such file or directory

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Old 09-26-2011
Hi COKEDUDE, you are trying to link a file with a * in the path, this is not possible with a link.
# 5  
Old 09-26-2011
Good catch! I missed that.

This puts a different complexion on your other thread, COKEDUDE.
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Old 09-26-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by hombreopaco
Hi COKEDUDE, you are trying to link a file with a * in the path, this is not possible with a link.
This is what I tried to do. I didn't know what version of jre I had so I tried to use wildcards.

Code:
cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/java/jre*/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

# 7  
Old 09-26-2011
wildcards don't work inside a link.

wildcards don't work in anything but a shell.
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