GNU bug report logs - #6674
PATCH: fix assignment of grep-find-use-xargs on Windows/MS-DOS

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Message #77 received at 6674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: Laimonas Vėbra <laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>, 6674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6674: PATCH: fix assignment of grep-find-use-xargs
	on	Windows/MS-DOS
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:23:22 +0200

Laimonas Vėbra <laimonas.vebra <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Óscar Fuentes wrote:
>
>> The issue is that "cmd.exe -c" seems to have a 1024 char limit when the
>> command contains a pipe (my guess is that the limit applies separatelly
>> to every command on the pipe chain) and cmdproxy.c prepends "cmd.exe -c"
>> to the command when it has a pipe, redirection, etc.
>
> Isn't it wsprintf (used in cmdproxy.c to quote args and for other purposes):
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647550(VS.85).aspx
>
> that imposes 1024 buffer/string length limit...?

Yes!

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