do you mean other than using xargs? On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:31 AM dexen deVries <dexen.devr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm using plan9port mk on linux and just hit the environment+argument > length limit -- linux' execve($PLAN9/bin/rc, ... ) returns E2BIG because > $newprereq gets too large. > > how do i work around? is there an idiomatic way of splitting up $newprereq > into smaller chunks? > > the mkfile is: > > TIMESTAMP_FILE: > for (i in $newprereq) > do_stuff $i > > <|./generate-rules-for-files PATTERN > > where ./generate-rules-for-files outputs rules like TIMESTAMP_FILE: > file_matching_pattern >
