From f7dbf2b7b273107e95833e80820dfc053bdec859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:34:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] cli length limit

---
 src/jalview/util/Platform.java |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
index 2eec73c..283628e 100644
--- a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@ public class Platform
     
     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. 
+  }
 }
-- 
1.7.10.2