>    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...
> 
> Perhaps xargs can solve these problems...

This is not necessary with the current beta version of nmh.  Most all
the commands can now handle an arbitrary number of command line arguments.

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Richard Coleman
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