Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:59:42 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: long command lines Message-ID: <20010129165942.N30941@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3A70B734 DOT A18289E AT nuance DOT com> <3A70C7CB DOT AB0DA2BE AT yahoo DOT com> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20010129110023 DOT 022b0468 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> <3A75E410 DOT 1E5421C3 AT digitalfocus DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A75E410.1E5421C3@digitalfocus.com>; from Daniel.Barclay@digitalfocus.com on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 04:43:44PM -0500 On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: >> >> At 10:52 AM 1/29/2001, Daniel Barclay wrote: >> >... >> >I thought GNU software tried to avoid arbitrary limit like that. Shouldn't >> >the only limit be virtual memory? >> > >> >That is, shouldn't bash keep reallocating (enlarging) its buffer until the >> >pattern has been expanding, or until it runs out of memory? >> >> I'm sure you can find your answer in the source if you're interested. > >What's up with your attitude? What, specifically, are you objecting to? The suggestion that you could figure this out for yourself by looking at the sources? Or were you assuming that Larry knew the answer and was selfishly withholding information? cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple