MAX_ARG_PAGES
Stuart Lamble
stu at gateway10.homeip.net
Mon Jan 3 15:59:13 UTC 2005
Hi Russell
I have tried that, but I now get bash: xarg: Argument list too long.
I am actually taking a directory of some 4000 image files, all about 11kb in
size and using another program, writing them to an *.avi file.
I then delete all the separate image files, where rm also complains with the
same error.
Any other sugestions?
Where would be the best place to ask kernel questions?
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Russell Kaiser
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: MAX_ARG_PAGES
>
> I have hit this problem before when doing "rm *" in a
> directory with lots and lots of files. The way to get around
> this problem when deleting a large number of files like that
> is to use the xargs command with rm. Here are a few examples
> of this. Google xargs with rm and you will see a few others:
>
> http://freebooks.by.ru/view/ShellProgIn24h/31480122.htm
>
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6060
>
> This doesn't address what you are trying to do in the kernel,
> but is one solution to your argument list too long issue.
>
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