Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 14:38:43 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> Cc: Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster@sebster.com>, Zero Sum <count@shalimar.net.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: argument list too long Message-ID: <20001116143843.S830@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20001116231731.A14470@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>; from ernst@jollem.com on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 11:17:31PM %2B0100 References: <20001116091607.A97857@sebster.com> <00111621362707.00522@shalimar.net.au> <20001116122313.A69018@sebster.com> <00111700205500.61931@shalimar.net.au> <20001116145641.A22842@sebster.com> <20001116105654.G830@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001116231731.A14470@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>
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* Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> [001116 14:18] wrote: > > Can you please suggest a reasonable limit to the argument list? > > You don't get the point. In Sebastiaan's opinion there should be no fixed > limit. I assume you never worked with variable-size data types? Linked lists > are the simplest form. But so are resizing arrays. I'd like to see what Linux does when you try to run this: ls -l `find /` Assuming it doesn't crash your Linux box, go complain to Linus about expanding the max system arglist size, if it does crash your box, well then I guess you don't have anything to complain about, do you? There exists kernel APIs for determining the max arg list size. Coders that assume inifinite memory are fooling themselves and need to learn how to code properly. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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