Arg list too long

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From: Douglas Rupp
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 18:19

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I installed bash (Bourne Again SHell) on my ODT 3.0 (Sco Unix 3.2v4.2) system
on the suggestion that it would get rid of my "arg list too long" errors
when doing simple commands like ls, mv, cp, rm, etc.  However it didn't.
Where is this coming from?  Is there some parameter I can increase when
building bash?  Is it the command itself that has the limitation?  Is it
the system exec call?  Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

Doug Rupp
drupp@cs.washington.edu

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