[EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:26:16 -0500: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 12:10:21PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > I don't think there is a fixed limit glob buffer. Are you sure you > > are not confusing this with the amount of space bash is allowed to > > allocate for arguments for spawned commands -- a kernel limit? > > If there's a fixed limit glob buffer that makes it impossible > to use a command like > > onions *.bmp > > I don't see how saying > > onions `ls *.bmp` > > could possibly help. Wouldn't the nested command
It doesn't. But a for loop is a different beast anyway (this is what the OP was doing). For loops aren't done by passing arguments to commands; it's all done within the shell, which doesn't have any such limits (well, other than the 2-3GB limit you get regarding memory limits in 32 bit kernels, but I can't see anyone passing 2GB to a subcommand via the commandline :) > ls *.bmp > > just run afoul of the same boffer limit? Yep. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
