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From: jhall@ihuxu.UUCP (John R. Hall-"the samurai MTS")
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Subject: Re: tar .vs. cpio - (nf) - Re: exceeding MAXARGS
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 09:11:33 EDT
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If Berkeley UNIX has the xargs command, I believe you could use the
following technique to avoid exceeding the MAXARGS parameter (usually
10 blocks default):
	find ...| xargs [options] tar

xargs reads an argument list from standard input, and repeatedly
builds up and executes a command line for the specified command.

xargs is part of System V; it's not in my very old Berkeley UNIX manuals...
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