Re: [TCLUG:11197] Max length of env vars?

["Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>]

On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:04:30PM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote:
> Quoting Gabe Turner (dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu):
>> Yes, I belive it's something like 10 or 12 lines (roughly).  I
>> believe the actualy restriction is on the number of characters, but I
>> think it works out to about 12, 80 character lines.  So 12x80 = 960
>> so maybe it's a 1000 character restriction?  Can anyone confirm this?
> 
> So, how do you get around this limitation.
> 
> When you have 20+ classes in a fairly deep directory, the char counts
> adds up quickly.
> 
> /usr/lib/classes/foo1.jar
> /usr/lib/classes/foo2.jar
> /usr/lib/classes/foo3.jar
> /usr/lib/classes/foo4.jar
> /usr/lib/classes/foo5.jar
> /usr/lib/classes/foo6.jar
> /usr/lib/classes/foo7.jar
> ...
> ..

	I don't understand why you're having the problem.  All of my
java development uses the same destination class directories, and I
don't use jars until I want something that can ship.  If you end up with
name clashes, use packages, that's what they're for.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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