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- From: olin@cheme.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson)
- Subject: Re: Maximum number of parameters in a link command
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.151708.25206@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: Cornell University School of Chemical Engineering
- References: <1992Sep15.104700.25251@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>,<1992Sep15.144149.14378@rdg.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:17:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.144149.14378@rdg.dec.com>, winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Sep15.104700.25251@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>,
- >a006700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Tang Sammy) observes that DCL has a limit of
- >eight items in a comma list parameter and asks:
- >|>
- >|>It seems that DCL has a preset limit on the number of parameters in
- >|>a DCL command. If it's true, can I adjust it to fit my need?
- >
- >The limit is hard-coded in DCL and cannot be changed without patching or
- >rebuilding the command interpreter.
-
- As I am sure that several other people will point out, this is simply not
- true, nor is it an answer to the question! The limit discussed is the
- number of command parameter; the number of items in a comma-separated
- list is limited only by the maximum command line length.
-
- steve
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