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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 06:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: E2BIG/EINVAL (was: wildcard expansion once more)
To: cbugel AT netvision DOT net DOT il, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Christoph Bugel <christophbugel AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
-8<-
> 
> echo big/*
> (this one works -- echo is shell builtin)
> 
> /bin/echo big/*
> bash: /bin/echo: Argument list too long
> 
> ls big/*
> bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
> 

So, what needs to happen is echo and ls need modified to handle unlimited
arguments.  Patches for these and other applications will be considered at
cygwin-apps AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com.

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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