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Re: observation: cygrunsrv -env option: max env var size is 256 chars
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:15:44 +0200
- Subject: Re: observation: cygrunsrv -env option: max env var size is 256 chars
- References: <200404171450.i3HEolU6007421@tigris.pounder.sol.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Apr 17 09:50, Tom Rodman wrote:
> Based on a few tests this morning under 1.5.9(0.112/4/2),
> the cygrunsrv -env option supports env vars
> with a string length below 257 characters. Larger env vars
> seem to get into the registry, but not into the service's env.
>
> If I'm right it would be nice if "cygrunsrv --help" showed this.
> I read the help as saying up to 255 separate env vars may be
> defined.
I've uploaded version 1.0-1 which allows arbitrarily sized environment
variables. The number of variables is still limited to 255.
Corinna
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