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[PATCH 4/8] Update xargs error message.


From: James Youngman
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Update xargs error message.
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 01:11:53 +0100

* doc/find.texi (Error Messages From xargs): the message "can not
fit single argument within argument list size limit" is now
"argument list too long".
---
 ChangeLog     |    7 +++++++
 doc/find.texi |   11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 033e612..8ef6117 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-06-05  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
+
+       Update xargs error message.
+       * doc/find.texi (Error Messages From xargs): the message "can not
+       fit single argument within argument list size limit" is now
+       "argument list too long".
+
 2011-06-04  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
 
        Use the gnulib byteswap and uname modules.
diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi
index 5d9b096..70ff60f 100644
--- a/doc/find.texi
+++ b/doc/find.texi
@@ -5529,15 +5529,22 @@ Please try unsetting some environment variables, or 
exiting the
 current shell.  You can also use @samp{xargs --show-limits} to
 understand the relevant sizes.
 
address@hidden can not fit single argument within argument list size limit
address@hidden argument list too long
 You are using the @samp{-I} option and @code{xargs} doesn't have
 enough space to build a command line because it has read a really
-large item and it doesn't fit.  You can probably work around this
+large item and it doesn't fit.  You may be able to work around this
 problem with the @samp{-s} option, but the default size is pretty
 large.  This is a rare situation and is more likely an attempt to test
 the limits of @code{xargs}, or break it.  Otherwise, you will need to
 try to shorten the problematic argument or not use @code{xargs}.
 
address@hidden argument line too long
+You are using the @samp{-L} or @samp{-l} option and one of the input
+lines is too long.  You may be able to work around this problem with
+the @samp{-s} option, but the default size is pretty large.  If you
+can modify the your @code{xargs} command not to use @samp{-L} or
address@hidden, that will be more likely to result in success.
+
 @item cannot fork
 See the description of the similar message for @code{find}.
 
-- 
1.7.2.5




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