size limit for sed -f ?

[arritt at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu]

Is there a limit to the size of the modification file that can be used
with sed?  (Not the source file, but the file containing the sed commands.)
I'm doing stuff like

      sed -f model.sed model.source > model.f

to update a fortran code, and get the error "Too much text" whenever the
model.sed file exceeds something around 10,400 bytes.  Deleting a few lines
at any point in model.sed (thereby shortening it) will eliminate the error,
but once I add a few more mods, the error message comes back.

The machine is a Silicon Graphics 4D/25G running IRIX 3.2.

Any suggestions (other than "keep your mod files small") ?

Thanks,
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Ray Arritt                        | 
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy    |
Univ. of Kansas                   |
Lawrence, KS  66045               |
arritt at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu         |
arritt at ukanvax.bitnet             |