On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 10:53:22AM +0200, Stefan Bellon wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> is it possible to read long lists of files from another file (or stdin)
> instead of the command line?
> 
> Imagine having to commit hundreds of files (but not the complete current
> working copy!) and reaching the command line length limit of the
> underlying OS.
> 

You can use xargs (if you are in a posix system)

Example:
        cat file_list.txt | xargs fossil add

If you have space on some file names.. it could cause some problem, if
you have a few you can add them separately...

-- 
Martin G.
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