Original Post: How do I increase the value of the system variable PATH_MAX from 1024 to 2048 . When I try to launch an application I get a message "Word too Long" and I think increasing the value of PATH_MAX should fix the problem. Responses: Thanks to Lieven Marchand, dana@dtn.com Casper Dik Darren Dunham Ana Estuardo The responses varied: 1) PATH_MAX is hardwired into the kernel. 2) Use bash and you won't have this issue again or possibly change BUFSIZE abd recompile the shell. 3) You can't. 4) Trying to run a 64 bit app under a 32 bit os. 5) PATH_MAX is located in /usr/include/limits.h I was able to solve the problem temporarily by shortening the path environment variable by eliminating some redundancies. The PATH_MAX variable is located in /usr/include/limits.h but It apparently requires a re-compilation and rebuilding of the kernel which I cannot pursue at this time. Thanks. _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Mon Apr 29 09:00:10 2002
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