Re: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage

[Benny Amorsen]

>>>>> "WT" == Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> writes:

WT> Under unix, the shell resolves "*" and passes the 10000 file names
WT> to the "rm" command. Now, execve() may fail because 10000 names in
WT> arguments can require too much memory. That's why find and xargs
WT> were invented!

It would be very handy if the argument memory space was expanded.
Many years ago I hit the limit regularly on Solaris, and going to
Linux with its comparatively large limit was a joy. Now it happens to
me quite often on Linux as well.

What are the primary problems with expanding it? It used to be
swappable memory, is that still the case?


/Benny


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