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From: Mike Sieweke <msieweke AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problems when env-size gets too large
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:45:43 -0500
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This isn't a Cygwin limitation.  It's a Windows limit of 32k
environment size.  There's no way around it except to limit
the number of variables you export.  I've run into the same
problem, but with large Bash functions (which are included
in the environment).  My solution was to not export any
functions.

On Mar 24, 2004, at 3:48 AM, Puchmayr Alexander AIS-A.Services wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> The project I'm currently working on defines a really large number of 
> environment variables, and I think this is the reason why I always get 
> the error "Resource temporarily unavailable" when I try to start *any* 
> command. When I do not start that large script, cygwin works fine, 
> except that my project specific build-scripts, which need these 
> environment variables, do not work.
>
> So, is there any possibility to increase the environment size or any 
> other workaround that makes cygwin usable in my environment?
>
> Thanks in advance
> 	Alex Puchmayr

Mike Sieweke


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