Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!elf.ee.lbl.gov!torek From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Arg list too big Message-ID: <11125@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 19 Mar 91 20:33:38 GMT Article-I.D.: dog.11125 References: <805@essnj1.ESSNJAY.COM> <1991Mar15.094911.13334@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Reply-To: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Lines: 17 X-Local-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 91 12:33:38 PST In article montanaro@crdgw1.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) writes: >I don't know if the 10240 byte limit applies to the sum of the filenames and >the environment, or to them separately, It applies to the sum. Note that the 1024 pointers / 10240 bytes limit was doubled (2048/20480) in 4.3BSD or 4.3tahoe, but is still wrong. >but in these days of multi-megabyte systems, it seems ludicrous for it >to be that small. Indeed. It *will* go away, at some point. Just yesterday I had a little friendly chat about the current kern_exec.c.... (`why are you carrying that baseball bat?') :-) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Lawrence Berkeley Lab CSE/EE (+1 415 486 5427) Berkeley, CA Domain: torek@ee.lbl.gov