tar .vs. cpio - (nf) - Re: exceeding MAXARGS

[John R. Hall-"the samurai MTS"]

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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--John R. Hall, ...ihnp4!ihuxu!jhall "And may your days be celebrations"