Re: 'Word too long', or, How many mail folders is too many?

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From: Joel Reicher
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:07

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y551025@gmail.com writes:

> But now, upgrading to SuSE10.0, tcsh breaks (with a 'Word too long'
> error)
> in /etc/profile.d/complete.tcsh when the tcsh startup tries
> to create an enormous FOLDERS symbol using `folders -fast -recurse`.

Backquotes are bad. Use xargs.

Cheers,

        - Joel

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