MAX_ARG_PAGES

[Stuart Lamble]

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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