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Re: E2BIG/EINVAL (was: wildcard expansion once more)


--- Christoph Bugel <christophbugel@yahoo.com> wrote:
-8<-
> 
> echo big/*
> (this one works -- echo is shell builtin)
> 
> /bin/echo big/*
> bash: /bin/echo: Argument list too long
> 
> ls big/*
> bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
> 

So, what needs to happen is echo and ls need modified to handle unlimited
arguments.  Patches for these and other applications will be considered at
cygwin-apps@sourceware.cygnus.com.

Cheers,

=====
---
   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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