Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:27:05 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster@sebster.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: argument list too long Message-ID: <14869.38041.990386.298066@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <28068114@toto.iv>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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