Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:42:11 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Putinas Piliponis <Putinas.Piliponis@hansa.lt> Subject: Re: Could ARG_MAX be increased? Message-ID: <20040924124211.GB2050@eddie.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20040923184648.GB775@gothmog.gr> References: <217202CB5FF8AE439E263CE3D48ECB50686C37@honda.int.hansa.lt> <p06110411bd78c249333c@[128.113.24.47]> <20040923184648.GB775@gothmog.gr>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2004.09.23 21:46:48 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-09-23 14:28, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> wrote: > > I have nothing against the idea of increasing the value of MAX_ARGS, > > as long as people realize that increasing it will not solve the issue > > for all situations. > > Yeah. I think the real answer is to learn about find as you and others > have suggested. While it is correct that find is the best solution e.g. when scripting, it can be a PITA e.g. when moving a lot of files that you have to use find/xargs instead of simply "mv bla.*.1 dir/". I know how to use find, but it takes somewhat longer to type... Just my 0.02(insert local currency). Anyway, I'm probably just going to bump MAX_ARGS locally on my next world rebuild :-). -- Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBVBYjh9pcDSc1mlERAmjkAJ9INigK1ERaDjRb0Q9ytF6gEH8uMwCgtxBL QGYFIInUFNQw3GGiuEcrUyA= =/w0e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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