Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/02/23/17:29:08
>Why don't gcc, cpp, flex, etc. accept as many arguments as they are
>passed, as well as response files and environment variables? That way,
>PC users with kinder, gentler shells (MKS, 4DOS, various pd ksh, csh)
>that can pass long arguments don't have to go through contortions to
>use gcc? I don't feel up to hacking gcc source, so please let me know
>if there is a basic flaw that I'm missing?
Because MS-DOS allows you only 128 characters in the STATIC buffer
where your command lines are kept. MS-DOS does NOT act like unix in
this way, it acts like CP/M.
DJ
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