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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:27:05 -0600 (CST)
To: Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster@sebster.com>
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Subject: Re: argument list too long
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Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster@sebster.com> types:
> > Just accept that is is a dead end construction. Why have to wait for the
> > find to finish before the tar starts?  Particularly if you are talking long
> > finds and huge argument lists.  So nothing is broken and nothing needs
> > fixing.
> So things are still broken (as I try to explain above), and I still think
> it needs fixing (stdarg construction, or standard --args-from-file option
> or somesuch).

Since you seem to be alone in thinking this, why don't you fix it and
pr the patches?

> > Unix is very good at running lots of small jobs very quickly and shares
> > resources well.
> And wouldn't it be great if it was EVEN better!

And what code have you written to do this?

	<mike


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