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From: jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Jarausch)
Subject: zsh arg list too long
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Sorry, I could find it in the FAQs althoug it should be a common problem.
On my machine (SGI,IRIX6.1) I often get the error "zsh arg list too long".

Last time I only tried   rm  ~/.netscape-cache/*
and it failed because there were (only) 576 files (filename length 24)

Is this a general restrictions of my OS or is ZSH configurable to allow
longer parameter lists?

Thank you for your help,

Helmut Jarausch.