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Re: execve E2BIG (Argument list too long)
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: execve E2BIG (Argument list too long) |
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Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:36:32 -0400 |
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On 9/30/20 3:12 AM, Michael Green wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 17
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
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> The included short script when run with the following command results
> in execve "E2BIG (Argument list too long) errors".
The argument list includes the size of the environment, and your script
creates a huge environment variable.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/