I made this reply just at the start of the last list outage:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:28:58 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> You can shorten your search by doing:
> ----------
> echo $PATH
> ----------
> That gives you four directories to look in.

> Or, you can locate it immediately by doing:
> -------------------
> find / -name links*
> -------------------
> The / means:  begin searching in the / directory and work down
> through the subdirectories (the / can be left out if you are
> already in the / directory).  The -name means:  search for a file
> with the following name.  And links* matches any file starting
> with links (the actual name of the executable is links-0.90).

Well, I tried "find links" - I can't remember the exact result but
it lead me to believe "find" was not available.

>> I wanted to see if you could afford to lose links and add mc.

> Sure, no problem.  In fact there is enough space free (850kb)
> to keep links and add mc.

>> Midnight Commander: 368k. Hmmm.

> The BasicLinux mc (downloadable from the site) is 319k.

>> Lynx: 249k Hmmm. Is that bad ?
>> Would there be 720k available if links disappeared ?

> Sure.  850kb + 425kb = 1275kb.
> This is the space available for the libc5 version of Arachne.

This is becoming even MORE attractive. How about we use Arachne
in place of links, and add mc ?

>> I see you are doing a lot with busybox. I'm guessing it's sort
>> of a translator ? Could you explain ?

> It's a multi-call collection of common commands.  Busybox jams a
> whole bunch of simplified commands into the smallest possible space.

Excellent !

> Thanks for the feedback, Clarence.

You are most welcome. I'll try adding Arachne to Baslinux tonite
if I get a chance, and report back.

-  Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.

*
Unfortunately I found a task to waste my time on and have not
accomplished that yet.  Who knows, maybe tomorrow ?

-  Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.

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