Source for a system() routine needed

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From: Preston Bannister
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1987 07:08

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Has anyone out there implemented a version of the system() library
routine that uses the Mark Williams/Beckmeyer scheme for passing long
argument lists?  

Unfortunately, the system() routine in the Mark Williams library does
not.  The argument list gets truncated after 127 characters.

I am using the modified version of the 'make' program posted to this
group some time ago.  Some of my makefiles want to pass long argument
lists (usually on the step linking together a program).  The argument
list gets chopped off at 127 characters, which is somewhat annoying.

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