argv (Re: refactoring when using CVS)

[Mark]

Does anyone know what the argv[] limit is for solaris 2.6? I have tested
pserver with up to 50 --allow-root options being passed and seemed to work
fine.

Mark

--- Kaz Kylheku <address@hidden> wrote:

> It's your OS kernel that imposes the limitation, not the shell. The
> limitation is on how much argv[] and env[] crap can be passed to
> a child process. 
> 
> So the backquote method will simply blow up if that limit is exceeded.



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