[ksh93-integration-discuss] Maximum string length in ksh?

[David Korn]

Subject: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] Maximum string length in ksh?
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> What is the maximum string length for a ksh variable? Is it page size,
> 64k, unlimited or something else?
> -- 
> robert neville - it consultant
> 

The name of a variable and the value is unlimited.  Thus,
	var=$(<file)
will store the contents of file into a variables as long as there
is enough memory.


David Korn
dgk at research.att.com