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Subject: Re: strangeness with big variables under ultrix 4.1 
In-reply-to: malte's message of Wed, 26 Feb 92 14:38:39 -0500.
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1992 15:08:30 -0600
From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
Message-Id: <92Feb26.160835est.2718@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>

 'Arg list too long' is actually 'Arg list or environment too long',
because most Unixes have a limit on the total argument list + environment
size that execve() will handle. Ultrix just has a somewhat lower limit
than other systems (I think SunOS has really cranked it up, for example).

	- cks