/etc/exports file records (length problems?)

[Mark Sausville]

In article <8851 at cbmvax.UUCP> grr at cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:

   From: grr at cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
   Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
   Date: 6 Dec 89 17:14:49 GMT
   References: <8066 at wsucsa.uucp>
   Reply-To: grr at cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
   Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
   Lines: 17

   In article <8066 at wsucsa.uucp> wallis at wsucsa.uucp writes:
   > 
   >         Does anyone know the line length limit of a line in the /etc/exports

   You should (theoretically) be able to use "netgroups" in the exports file
   to abbreviate the entries in the exports file...

   -- 
   George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
   but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr at uunet.uu.net
   Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)

Is this true?  I haven't heard this before, but I haven't scanned every
release note extant.  I was planning to hack the source to do this but
won't if it's already there.  

Could George (or DEC) elaborate please?

						Mark.

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