1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/cmd/rc/sys.c b/sys/cmd/rc/sys.c
index 86c430e..807359d 100644
--- a/sys/cmd/rc/sys.c
+++ b/sys/cmd/rc/sys.c
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ execute(Word *cmd, Word *path)
         nc = strlen(path->str);
         if(nc < arrlen(file)){
             strcpy(file, path->str);
-            if(*file){
+            if(file[0]){
                 strcat(file, "/");
                 nc++;
             }
-            if(nc+strlen(argv[1]) < 1024){
+            if(nc+strlen(argv[1]) < arrlen(file)){
                 strcat(file, argv[1]);
                 execve(file, argv+1, env);
             }else
                 fatal("command name too long");
         }
     }
+    print(shell.err, "could not execute command: %s\n", argv[1]);
     efree(argv);
-    fatal("could not execute command: %s\n", path->str);
 }
 
 void