With a size of 97,104 it looks to big to be a directory (unless it contains LOADS of files).
I don't have /usr/local/bin for what it's worth - are you sure you had one? Why were you looking there anyway? Using touch or redirection in the terminal you could have inadvertently created it. Try having a look at it using 'cat -v | more' and see if it looks like a document. If you do the same on something that should be a directory you will be able to see the different patterns. Cheers, Stephen On 20 Feb 2009, at 02:54, Stuart Dunkeld wrote: > > My /usr/local/bin directory is now a file. My Unix skills are minimal, > so I don't really understand what's happened - any ideas? Running > 10.5.6 on an Intel Macbook. > > $ ls -l bin > -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 97104 20 Feb 02:50 bin > > --stuart > > > "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
