From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from techfac.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de ([129.70.1.2]) by archone.tamu.edu with SMTP id <45330>; Wed, 26 Feb 1992 13:39:40 -0600 Received: from dahlie.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE by techfac.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (5.65+bind 1.7+ida 1.4.2/tp.29.0890) id AA03262; Wed, 26 Feb 92 20:38:41 +0100 Received: by dahlie.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (4.1/tp.29.0890) id AA00796; Wed, 26 Feb 92 20:38:39 +0100 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1992 13:38:39 -0600 From: malte@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de Message-Id: <9202261938.AA00796@dahlie.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> To: rc@archone.tamu.edu Subject: strangeness with big variables under ultrix 4.1 I have just dicovered a strangeness running rc1.3b on a decstation ultrix 4.1: allman = `{ man -nrsp '.*' } This assigns allman the names of all manpages available, in short, a very large value (>250KB). After doing so, any external command issued, with or without arguments, gives the error message ': Arg list too long' so I can't find out what happens. Is this a bug in rc or ultrix ? Malte. _______________________________________________________________________________ malte@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de send mail reply to: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet z. Hd. Malte Uhl Postfach 8640 4800 Bielefeld 1