From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2d26c2a79d370425 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-24 12:51:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1067017332.153433@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Subject: Re: Size limits X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:51:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.232.135 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1067025106 141.154.232.135 (Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:51:46 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:51:46 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1616 Date: 2003-10-24T19:51:46+00:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:1067017332.153433@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > You know how I usually rail against arbitrary buffer size limits > in programs? Today we encountered an extraordinarily stupid one in > the standard UNIX utility xargs. If that makes you mad, just be glad that MS-DOS is dead :)