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From: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)"  <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:03:50 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] du and find
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> what seems more important to me is a way to unlimit the size
> of argv.  otherwise we'll need to go down the hideous xargs path.

How often have you run up against the current limit?  I've yet to hit
it in anything other than contrived tests.  And even those took work.

> find and walk are about the same program.

There are a few versions about.  Dan's has the exactly right lack of
options to meet my needs. Others might too, but his is the version I
found first.

--lyndon