Ah, and a minor note. On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:15:43 -0700 Brian Harring <ferri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> /usr/libexec/python/wrapper upon invocation, takes a look at argv[0]; > sees how it was invoked basically. This will be the /usr/bin/whatever > pathway. It reads the symlink, in the process getting the allowed > versions and preferred order of the versions. > > Few notes; vast majority of filesystems will store the symlink target > into the core inode if at all possible- in doing so, this avoids > wasting an inode and is only limited by the length of the target. > That length is capped by PATH_MAX- which can range from 256 to 4k (or > higher). It is capped by SYMLINK_MAX, I believe. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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