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Operating Systems Linux Will installing LINUX mean reinstalling my 3rd party apps? Post 302381231 by Korn0474 on Thursday 17th of December 2009 02:10:54 PM
Old 12-17-2009
Will installing LINUX mean reinstalling my 3rd party apps?
Hi all,

Long time UNIX admin, first time LINUX user.

So I'm finally at the last straw with Windows. I hate it. I've always hated it but the wife was scared of change so I kept it going. But Window's insistence on "protecting" me by preventing me access to certain areas created hours of work for me last night when I was trying to recover from a recent malware problem. So I'm done with it. But my problem is that I have tons of third party applications, some of which are old so I don't have the original disks for. And others that have been customized to my liking over a long period of time and I don't know if I could even set it up again the way I like it if I had to. So my question is this: will I loose these programs and/or their settings (assuming said settings aren't configured in say Window's regedit) if I install LINUX?

Thanks in advance for the help.
 

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ug_display_width

ug_display_width(3C)													      ug_display_width(3C)

NAME

       ug_display_width() - get current display width for user and group names

SYNOPSIS


DESCRIPTION

       The function returns the current display width for user and group names.  This value determines how many bytes of a user or group name that
       system and conforming applications will display.

       On a system with long user and group names enabled, the default display width for the system is set with the  command  (see  lugadmin(1M)).
       Users can override the default value by setting the environment variable to an integer value in the range to

   Application Usage
       System and conforming applications use the return value (current display width) for formatted output as follows:

	      Long user and group names are not configured on the system.
			   Display user and group names as per default settings.

	      Long user and group name are enabled but display user and group names
			   as  per  default  settings.	For user and group names longer (in bytes) than the default allowable length, truncate the
			   name to the maximum default length and replace the last printed character with a plus sign

	      If the name is longer (in bytes) than the current display width,
			   truncate the name to this length (in bytes) and replace the last printed character with a plus sign

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

   Environment Variables
       If it is set and long user and group names are enabled,
	      it overrides the width that is specified by the command for all system and conforming applications that write formatted output.

RETURN VALUE

       returns one of the following values:

	      Long user and group names are not enabled, or an internal error occurred.

	      Long user and group names are enabled but set to default value.

	      The current display width for long user and group names.

WARNINGS

       It is recommended that you do not modify the file directly.  Doing so could cause incorrect behavior.

FILES

       If this file is present,
	      the system is enabled for long user and group names; otherwise, it is not.  This file contains the default  display  width,  as  set
	      with the command.

SEE ALSO

       lugadmin(1M).

															      ug_display_width(3C)
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