Re: rm - Arguments too long

From: Charles Shannon Hendrix (shannon_at_news.widomaker.com)
Date: 04/27/03

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    In article <p565p6fu2d.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com>, Paul D.
    Smith wrote:

    > The limit on the length of a command line is fundamentally a _kernel_
    > limit. It has nothing to do with the shell, and there's nothing the
    > shell can do about it. I've never met a shell that imposed a command
    > line length limit that is lower than what the kernel allows.

    There *are* shells with limits in the size of command line arguments.

    Otherwise, why would switching shells often fix the problem?

    One of the goals of the GNU utilities was in fact to remove arbitrary
    limits in several common unix shells and utilities.

    Exactly what kernel limitation are you talking about BTW?

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