commit 87c0174c7a427402c02f55e034a048a07f34820b parent 55397d009912086b0675b5a2198918ee83129b20 Author: tjg <tjg> Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 12:20:15 +0000 Documentation: document the yacc-imposed limit on ; separated commands in a line. Diffstat:
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diff --git a/rc.1 b/rc.1 @@ -1859,6 +1859,14 @@ descendant .IR rc processes. .PP +There is a compile-time limit on the number of +.Cr ; +separated commands in a line: usually 500. +This is sometimes a problem for automatically generated scripts: +substituting the newline character for +.Cr ; +avoids the limit. +.PP On modern systems that support .Cr /dev/fd or