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From: Heikki Suonsivu
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 02:01

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There is xargs supplied with GNU find.  However, it is too good emulating
system V, as it seems to force <500b maximum command line length limit?  I
think most system accept longer argument lists these days, including SunOS
I use?  Could this limitation be moved behind POSIX_ME_HARDER?  Default
could still be whatever it is now?

I looked at the source code, and saw that there was something about
defaults, but couldn't quite figure out where to configure and what to make
it drop the limitation or make it sensible?  Or am I doing something wrong
with the compilation?  If it picks the limit from some OS include file, it
might be a good idea to have a #define FORCE_LONG_ARGUMENTLIST ?

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Subject: xargs
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