From: "Matthias Paul" <MPAUL AT ibh DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Organization:  IBH, RWTH-Aachen
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Date:          Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:00:58 GMT+0100
Subject:       Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0 
Reply-to: Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:58:49, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> ...  The utilities will be the first to be ported.  Have 
> you ever tried to sort a file > 64k?  SUCKS!!!!!!!!

You're right when speaking of MS-DOS/PC-DOS, but fortunately 
Novell DOS (and probably OpenDOS, too) have no problems with 
pipes greater 64KB, e.g. with SORT, MORE, FIND.  Of course, 
you need enough swap space for temp files...

(Some of these 64KB limitations have been fixed in current 
versions of MS-DOS/PC-DOS, either... They learn slowly, but... ;-) )

Bye,

Matthias


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