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paramer listing is too long
Name: oct18 Date: July 18, 2003 at 22:57:21 Pacific OS: winnt CPU/Ram: p3
Comment:
Hi folks, I face a strange problem.I have a make file that builds my exe .My exe is built by linking many libraires(.a).when ever this list of .a files increases i get parameter list is too long.Can any body help me out????
Name: wpatte Date: July 21, 2003 at 09:00:04 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like you are overflowing the command-line buffer. Typically, the xargs command will send only enough arguments so as to not overflow. Check out the xargs command and see if it will resolve your problem.
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