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From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sam - string too long
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:13:47 +0000
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"Matthias Teege" <matthias-9fans@mteege.de> a �crit dans le message de
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> Moin,
>
> I use sam under freebsd and try to load 200 files with "B < find .
> -name '*.tex'". Sam gives me "string too long". Ok, but sam `find .
> -name *.tex' from the command line work perfect.
>
> Is that a limit in the sam command window?

you are trying to slurp up a large 'string' into sam.

sam strings have a limited size.

read the paper.

rob will say i'm wrong.