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Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:40:27 -0800
From:	Eric Monsler <emonsler AT beamreachnetworks DOT com>
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To:	Jonathan DOT L DOT Ericson AT jpl DOT nasa DOT gov
CC:	Mike Schuster <schuster AT nuance DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	OT: long command lines
References:	<3A70B734 DOT A18289E AT nuance DOT com> <3A70D238 DOT 3B4CBB5D AT jpl DOT nasa DOT gov>

Does anyone know how to find out the limit for a commandline, in a given
shell?  Other than trial-and-error?

And as a related issue, is there some way to find out, perhaps with
configure, the maximum value of argc that an environment supports (if
there is a limit)?

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