Executable symbolic link results in “command not found”

lnsymlink

I created a symbolic link (yesterday) like this:

sudo ln -s bin/python /usr/bin/prj-python

When I run:

prj-python file.py

I get:

prj-python: command not found

When I try creating the link again, I get:

ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/prj-python': File exists

Why is that happening? My $PATH is:

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/real/RealPlayer

Best Answer

You forgot the initial slash before bin/python. This means /usr/bin/prj-python now points to /usr/bin/bin/python. What would you like it to point to exactly?

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