argmax

argmax is a library that allows Rust applications to avoid Argument list too long errors (E2BIG) by providing a std::process::Command wrapper with a rust fn try_arg<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, arg: S) -> bool function that returns false if arg would overflow the maximum size.

Resources

This library draws inspiration from the following sources. The implementation is based on the corresponding functionality in bfs [1].

• [1] https://github.com/tavianator/bfs/blob/9b50adaaaa4fedc8bda6fcf32595ecf7a682fa8b/exec.c#L72
• [2] http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/095
• [3] https://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/argmax/
• [4] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46897008/why-am-i-getting-e2big-from-exec-when-im-accounting-for-the-arguments-and-the
• [5] https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/40384
• [6] xargs --show-limits

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.