I'm assuming you're asking this because you want to get a bunch of files using a single command line.
For most ftp programs developed for your flavor of unix the ftp command accepts
a maximum of _POSIX_ARG_MAX characters.
This is in the /usr/include/limits.h file - the value is nornmally 4096.
However, this is not useful for a filename -- the limit there is _POSIX_PATH_MAX = 255 per file name.
Normally when you need to issue a get/put command for several files you can do
mget/mput instead. mget/mput allows a wild card file specification. Normally when you want to use mget/mput you call ftp like this
Hi All,
I didn't find any thread that match this question so I hope it's not redundant. I am totally new to Unix. I want to know what is the maximum length of the os-commandline in Unix. Will it cause any problem if I run any application whose total path length is much longer than 256... (2 Replies)
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I am using solaris10. I have to write a bourne shell script, which copies files for the said destination path which is passed as an argument to the script.
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I wanted to know what is the maximum length of command which can be run on a bourne (sh) shell? Where can I find that information? Is it different for different OS flavors?
Please help.
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How can I change the maximum length of a programming line in fortran and C (specifically in fortran 77)?
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good friends days
I would love to know if I can help you know the length of a string
example:
cadena= "cual es mi largo"
echo "cadena : $cadena#
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shcomp
SHCOMP(1) Korn shell utilities SHCOMP(1)NAME
shcomp - compile a shell script
SYNOPSIS
shcomp [ options ] [infile [outfile]]
DESCRIPTION
Unless -D is specified, shcomp takes a shell script, infile, and creates a binary format file, outfile, that ksh can read and execute with
the same effect as the original script.
Since aliases are processed as the script is read, alias definitions whose value requires variable expansion will not work correctly.
If -D is specified, all double quoted strings that are preceded by $ are output. These are the messages that need to be translated to
locale specific versions for internationalization.
If outfile is omitted, then the results will be written to standard output. If infile is also omitted, the shell script will be read from
standard input.
OPTIONS
[D dictionary] Generate a list of strings that need to be placed in a message catalog for internationalization. [n noexec] Displays warn-
ing messages for obsolete or non-conforming constructs. [v verbose] Displays input from infile onto standard error as it reads it.
EXIT STATUS
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.
SEE ALSO ksh(1)IMPLEMENTATION
version
shcomp (AT&T Research) 2003-03-02
author
David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
copyright
Copyright (c) 1982-2010 AT&T Intellectual Property
license
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt
2003-03-02 SHCOMP(1)