On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 02:28:02PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > No, that is the solution which will work for any number of files, > on any Unix-based system. No matter what we increase MAX_ARGS to, > it still be possible that some users will have a good reason to > need to process even more args. > > The `find' command takes a little time to get comfortable with, > but it is a very useful utility program for some situations. I > have hit the limits in Solaris, for instance, and one of the > earlier messages claimed that Sun uses a value of 1meg for MAX_ARGS. > > I have nothing against the idea of increasing the value of MAX_ARGS, > as long as people realize that increasing it will not solve the issue > for all situations. <briefly emerging from my crypt> I spent 20 years on systems with a max of 5120. <lid back on> -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.Received on Thu Sep 23 2004 - 17:11:19 UTC
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