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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Monday, September 1, 2003 10:35:08 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Monday, September 1, 2003 9:13:42 am | by GreigMcGill | Revert |
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The maximum length in bytes for the arguments to a new process.
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+If you run into the limit, consider using xargs(1)
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+from /usr/include/linux/limits:
+ #define ARG_MAX 131072 /* # bytes of args + environ for exec() */
