On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:23:41 -0500, Bob S wrote:

>While searching for files in /usr/bin I noticed something that seems odd to 
>me. There is a folder in there named X11. It is a link to the same folder. If 
>you open it, it shows the exact same thing as /usr/bin.

This is all as it should be. This symlink /usr/bin/X11 -> /usr/bin
exists for compatibility with programs that  search in /usr/bin/X11.

Shells and file managers get confused by this recursion and don't
shortcut it.

Philipp
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