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diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
index 2eec73c..2218f5d 100644
--- a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 /*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Development Version 2.4.1)
- * Copyright (C) 2009 AM Waterhouse, J Procter, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.7)
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, J Engelhardt, LM Lui, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
  * 
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * This file is part of Jalview.
  * 
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jalview.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 package jalview.util;
 
@@ -35,10 +34,21 @@ public class Platform
     return java.lang.System.getProperty("os.name").indexOf("Mac") > -1;
 
   }
+
   public boolean isHeadless()
   {
     String hdls = java.lang.System.getProperty("java.awt.headless");
-    
-    return hdls!=null && hdls.equals("true"); 
+
+    return hdls != null && hdls.equals("true");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 
+   * @return nominal maximum command line length for this platform
+   */
+  public static int getMaxCommandLineLength()
+  {
+    // TODO: determine nominal limits for most platforms.
+    return 2046; // this is the max length for a windows NT system.
   }
 }