Tim> Yes, this is almost certanly the problem. It's not always
Tim> possible to make a shorter path so I use the following:
Tim> #!/bin/sh
Tim> a=''' '
Tim> exec python $0 "$@"
Tim> '''
Another trick is to make a link to the python binary at some place
with a short path (like /tmp/<your-user-id>-bin). I have used this
technique when testing new python versions. A small script can on
login install the programs you want to access this way.
%% Mats