[Mono-bugs] [Bug 50063][Wis] New - Please add support for @file command-line-as-file invocation of msc

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Changed by stevel@apache.org.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50063

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+Bug#: 50063
+Product: Mono/MCS
+Version: unspecified
+OS: All
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: Unknown
+Priority: Wishlist
+Component: Misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: stevel@apache.org               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Please add support for @file command-line-as-file invocation of msc
+
+We are about to patch Apache Ant's <csc> task to deal with the fact that
+classic CSC on Windows cannot handle more than a few hundred arguments
+coming in via exec(), that being exactly what <csc> does when it lists a
+few hundred .cs files to get compiled.
+
+The fix will be that if the number of files is over, say, 200, then we will
+save all command options to a file and then call csc @filename to get the
+commands in that way.
+
+Please can you add support for the same mechanism to msc -if is there it is
+not documented- so that people can switch their build to msc simply by
+changing the name of the executable. 
+
+thanks,