Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:27:17 -0500 From: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <patrick@netzuno.com> To: <jesse@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De> Cc: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What to do when "shar `find port_dir`" quits with "argument list too long"? Message-ID: <HJEEKLMFLKEOKHOKNPBMOEJJCJAA.patrick@netzuno.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> I just packed together a graphics/inventor port and was going to > send-pr(1) it. Following <porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html> a > shar(1) generated file is in place for that. > > But: > > % shar `find inventor` > zsh: argument list too long: shar xargs(1) is your friend in such situations... However I guess that it may be a bit problematic for shar. For such a big archive, you would be better off using tar. Patrick. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?HJEEKLMFLKEOKHOKNPBMOEJJCJAA.patrick>