Practical limit to PATH statement length?

[Net Llama!]

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.

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