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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Commandline handling in the kernel
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Alan Hourihane wrote :
> I've noticed there are references to a maximum cmdline length of 128 in
> the kernel sources, yet I know in bash I can pass much longer cmdlines
> and things work.
> 
> Can anyone explain things ?

Hello, Alan.

The standard TOS command line is 128 characters long. Because it is too 
few, "The ARGV protocol" has been used to increase this limit (it has 
been very well documented - I don't remember where). Basically, the idea 
is to put the command line arguments into the environment, so the 
command line can be virtually infinite.

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Vincent Rivière