MAX_ARG_PAGES

[Bob Chiodini]

On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 10:59, Stuart Lamble wrote:
> 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-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> > [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.
> > 
> > --
> > Russell Kaiser
> > Russell.Kaiser at gmail.com


How about alphabetically such as rm [a-c]*.  Otherwise, you would
probably need to recompile the kernel.  There are several threads in the
archives about getting and recompiling the kernel source.

Bob...