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Message-ID: <5t1LUIA1E6BzEwYq@darkblak.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:07:17 +0000
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970216123325.28935D-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org>
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In article <Pine DOT GSO DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970216123325 DOT 28935D-100000 AT sparkie DOT gnofn DOT org>,
"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org> writes
>On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:
>
>> I've been using 4DOS with DOS apps for years it allows command lines of
>> upto 256 characters.  It simply only gives 126 to the application.  It's
>> still useful to allow more (which are use for long filenames, internal
>> commands etc.)
>
>Well, programmers have been bouncing off that wall for years, which is why
>many fine well written programs allow the use of @include files.

Did I miss something there?

What have #include files got to do with command line length?

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DrDebug

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