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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tar -r on a diskfile/tar arg too long
Keywords: tar -r on disk file
Message-ID: <1650@charon.cwi.nl>
Date: 14 Jun 90 23:47:45 GMT
References: <3448@auspex.auspex.com> <1342@ziggy.EDU> <3474@auspex.auspex.com>
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In article <3474@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
 >                                   although the 4.x C shell can't cope with
 > an argument list that big (the Bourne shell doesn't have quite the same
 > problem).

Similar observations apply to Silicon Graphics version of Unix.
A humble guess:  the C shell has a hardwired limit somewhere deep in the
sources (a common feature of Unix utilities).
--
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik@cwi.nl