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.
