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Re: shell cmds crapping out with large numbers of files


On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 06:55:35PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>Cygwin has a 32k command-line length limit.

Cygwin doesn't, AFAIK, have any command-line length limit other than the
amount of memory available to store the command line.  Windows has a
limit but Cygwin shouldn't impose one.  That's why I advocate using
the "mount -X" option.  Not only does it work around these type of things
it should also speed things up slightly.

cgf

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