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From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To: Roland Jesse <jesse@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>
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Subject: Re: What to do when "shar `find port_dir`" quits with "argument list too long"?
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On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 02:58:53PM +0100, Roland Jesse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just packed together a graphics/inventor port and was going to
> send-pr(1) it. Following <porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html> a
> shar(1) generated file is in place for that.
> 
> But:
> 
> % shar `find inventor`
> zsh: argument list too long: shar
> 
> The port got quite large, though:
> 
> % du -sk inventor 
> 34376   inventor
> 
> How else can I submit the port?
> 

Ummm, may I ask why a port skeleton is 34k?

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