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# argListTooLong

The argument list is too long.

```
static var argListTooLong: Errno { get }
```

## Discussion

The number of bytes
used for the argument and environment list of the new process
exceeded the limit `NCARGS`, as defined in `<sys/param.h>`.

The corresponding C error is `E2BIG`.

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