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?
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