I have an executable in an obscure directory. I want to put a link to it in /usr/local/bin. So I make a link with "sudo ln -s". But then trying to run the program from the command line fails, despite /usr/lcoal/bin being in my $PATH list. The command "which" fails to find it as well.
Going to /usr/local/bin and running ls -l, the links are there but are red colored outlined in grey. Googling, this apparently means they are links that are to "unstatable" files. I don't know what that means, though.
Running the program works if I put in the pathname to the original, obscure directory that the actual executable sits in, so I'm pretty sure its not a problem with the actual program.
What's going on?
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