I am guessing the is a pretty large number. JB
> On Jun 28, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 06/28/2017 04:06 PM, JB via use-livecode wrote: >> When using argv it has a character limit. I think it >> might be different on different systems but you can >> probably use a few thousand characters for each >> argument. You can have as many arguments as >> memory can handle. Probably thousands. You >> should refer to a file for larger data. > > It does indeed depend on the OS, but I think the maximum length is for the > total command line, not for individual arguments. At any rate, for my linux > mint system I see an ARG_MAX value of 2097152. > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6846263/maximum-length-of-command-line-argument-that-can-be-passed-to-sqlplus-from-lin > > Note that there is also a limit to the number of arguments that can be passed > on a commandline, and as a rule of thumb it is *probably* ARG_MAX/4-1, but if > this is something that concerns you, you no doubt have other things to worry > about <g>. > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
