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A few more problems:

- I can't see any decent way to automagically execute <name>.class when
  a user types <name>. If typing <name>.class is considered ok, why
  is typing 'java <name>' not? If the solution is to add a soft link,
  why not write a two-line script at once and avoid the need for kernel
  support altogether?

- If the kernel only keeps track of a single CLASSPATH (via sysctl or
  whatever), the user is limited to the code locations supported by
  the sysadmin. Kind of not being able to set my own PATH, uck :-(
  Maybe the kernel CLASSPATH should be appended to the users??


Seems like the shell script solution is the best one. Being able to
set the CLASSPATH that make _this_ program work in the script is a
additional benefit you can't get from kernel execution of the code.

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Mats Lofkvist
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