On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Kurt Wall wrote: > Also sprach James McDonald: > > > > all, > > > > Just wondering if linux has an upper limit.... to the $PATH length... > > Have been installing apps in /usr/local/<app_name> and PATH is > > becoming a war and peace book. > > There is, but it's something like 1024 or 2048 characters. To shorten > PATH, you can create symlinks to the /usr/local/<app_name>/<app_name_binary > in /usr/local/bin...
I think the more important issue is why you're installing everything in such a non-traditional fashion. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
