Re: how to enlarge system's input cache

From: Vilmos Soti (vilmos_at_vilmos.org)
Date: 11/18/03

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    xianguangli@hotmail.com (Derek) writes:

    > Hi all,
    >
    > In Unix shell, I can't input more than 257 characters. While in
    > Windows DOS console, the limit is 8190.

    I don't understand your question.

    > Do you know how to enlarge the input cache in Unix?

    What is the "input cache"? Do you mean the length of the command
    line argument?

    > I can't post a message in Unix group. So put it. I don't know whether
    > there is such an issue in Linux.

    If you can post here, then why cannot you post to comp.unix.*?

    Vilmos

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