shambolic link

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

shambolic link
 /sham.bol'ik link/, n.

   A Unix symbolic link, particularly when it confuses you, points to
   nothing at all, or results in your ending up in some completely
   unexpected part of the filesystem....

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

shambolic link

   /sham-bol'ik link/ A Unix symbolic link, particularly when it
   confuses you, points to nothing at all, or results in your
   ending up in some completely unexpected part of the
   file system.

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