Jeff Breidenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a limit to argument size for nmh commands? For example,
>under /bin/bash on linux with no ulimits assigned:
>
>refile -src +inbox `pick +inbox` +elsewhere
># What if pick returns over 100 kilobytes of data?
I don't think it's size so much as quantity. For instance, I have /bin/rm
as my rmproc, and it can only handle deleting 999 files at once...
FWIW, I would 'scan last' and then:
refile -src +inbox 1-<last> +elsewhere
since the pick will take a while if it's returning that much data :-)
re,
Nate
PS: Wow, 1/2 million?! :-)
