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Old 10-29-2009
For my notes, which unix o/s doesn't have "man 5 limits"?
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Old 10-29-2009

None of those I currently have access to:
Linux (Mandriva, Debian), FreeBSD, NetBSD
# 10  
Old 10-29-2009
Thanks cfajohnson. I'd assumed that the standard implemention-specific "man 5" pages were pretty universal . After checking a generic Linux "man" site I see that most of the usual ones are present but not necessarily in the the same man section. No mention of "limits" though.
I'll take a closer look at a modern Linux and update my notes.
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Old 10-29-2009
i just figure any script / command that actually needs to parse arguments any where near that limit is so poorly written that it'll fail eventually anyway...
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