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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: Limitations on a command line
From:       "David Collier" <from_busybox_maillist () dexdyne ! com>
Date:       2011-01-30 20:13:00
Message-ID: memo.20110130201324.13524A () postmaster+dexdyne ! com ! cix ! co ! uk
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In article <4D432CE0.9050304@gmx.de>, ralda@gmx.de (Harald Becker) wrote:

> *From:* Harald Becker <ralda@gmx.de>
> *To:* from_busybox_maillist@dexdyne.com
> *CC:* busybox@busybox.net, jeredb@dexdyne.com
> *Date:* Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:53:52 +0100
> 
>  Hallo David!
> 
> > I think I can tame this by suitable use of relative paths, but 
> > I'd still
> > be interested to know
> There is such a limit. Normal Unix shell has limits of 4 to16k ... 
> and I
> think busybox ash has limited this even further (got something like 
> 1k
> in my brain ... but don't know if this includes globbing). You 
> really
> need that xargs to do your job.
> 
> --
> Harald

eek that's pretty darned short on a box trying to archive log files for
500 parameters.

Guess I'd better read up on xargs quick :-)

TVM all

David 

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