Using the cdrecord file

[Karl F. Larsen]

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David Fox wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Karl F. Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>        I want to use the software cdrecord as a user. It was a real surprise
>> to find that everything was put under the /opt/ directory. It is a fact
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> There's nothing wrong with using /opt. However, it's mostly used for
> largish third-party stuff, and cdrecord wouldn't qualify. Having /opt
> in addition to /usr/local means one more entry to search in your
> ${PATH} but that's hardly asking a lot. On the other hand, I haven't
> used /opt for anything in quite a while -- although when I did an
> install (of Mandrake) some years ago, I allocated some space for /opt,
> figuring I would make use for it. Eventually, it got used for
> something else.
> 
>>        Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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> 
> 

	I poked around and could not find out how to put /opt on my search
path. It IS odd that I have Google's picasa and google-earth both  under
/opt and they both work fine.

	So I made a link to a file cdrecord in /usr/bin/ and I do search that!

73 Karl


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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