Maximum Command Line Length

[Frank]

It's been mentioned here several times that the length of a command line is
limited to about 2047 characters. Actually 2kb (2048) is the precise figure,
which includes the CR/LF at the end.

While running Windows XP's CMD.EXE on an NT4 server I discovered that it's
command line length is four times that of CMD.EXE from Windows NT and Windows
2000; its limitation is exactly 8kb (8192) including the CR/LF. This may be
good news for those of you who were having trouble with the 2k limit. Windows
XP's CMD.EXE functions very nicely on Windows NT4 and I believe it runs just
as well on Windows 2000.

Frank

[Walter Briscoe]

In message <01c2807c$21a4e570$0125250a@ivybcutnnmuvevqx> of Thu, 31 Oct
2002 01:23:07 in microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin, Frank
<pnmqx...@ivybcutnnmuvevqx.com> writes

I can confirm the XP CMD.EXE works on W2K.
It is a real PITA that microSoft does not believe it necessary to
document such matters! :(

>
>Frank
>

--
Walter Briscoe

[Frank]

Walter Briscoe <Y$eS4gJfF...@ponle.demon.co.uk>...

^ In message <01c2807c$21a4e570$0125250a@ivybcutnnmuvevqx>, Frank
^ >Actually 2kb (2048) is the precise figure,
^ >which includes the CR/LF at the end.

After thinking about this more I suspect that the unusable two bytes may be
for a wide-character NULL (sizeof(WCHAR)) rather than for a CR/LF.

^ It is a real PITA that microSoft does not believe it necessary to
^ document such matters! :(

I only know of PITA as a type of bread but I'm sure I would agree with you if
I understood what you meant.

Frank

[Ned Flanders]

PITA=Pain In The A$$
;-)

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