On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:21:05AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Feb 28 21:47, Linda Walsh wrote: >> cygcheck doesn't handle the "max arg length" as shown by "xargs"... >> I.e. - >> >>> cygcheck -f /bin/* >> bash: /usr/bin/cygcheck: Argument list too long >>> echo /bin/*|xargs cygcheck -f >> xargs: cygcheck: Argument list too long >> >> #Note: >> cygcheck /bin/[a-r]* # works (wc -wc = 1780 32365) >> cygcheck /bin/[a-s]* # fails (wc -wc = 1874 33917) >> >> # -- looks like a 2^15 boundary prob? >> >>> xargs --show-limits >> Your environment variables take up 3867 bytes >> POSIX upper limit on argument length (this system): 1042661 >> POSIX smallest allowable upper limit on argument length (all systems): 4096 >> Maximum length of command we could actually use: 1038794 >> Size of command buffer we are actually using: 1042661 >> >> Guess cygcheck isn't a POSIX app? > >cygcheck is a native app.
For hopefully obvious reasons... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
