From: Tom Duff td@pixar.com
Subject: [9fans] Find command
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:20:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980902232040.bZx2yozUj_tF5xZLerdfB00FA5nikdsyj3EFhY3boGE@z> (raw)
On Sep 2, 5:20pm, Scott Schwartz wrote:
> "Tom Duff" <td@pixar.com> writes:
> | or, since ls already loops over its arguments
>
> The main pitfall of the backquote operatator is that there's a limit on
> the size of argv. Hence xargs.
The only limit on arglist size in plan 9 is
total virtual memory available. I have
trouble believing that any serious application
has ever exceeded that. Hence plan 9 is
delivered sans xargs.
--
Tom Duff. Void where prohibited.
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