OOOPS! SORRY ABOUT THAT! It is not that the arg line is too long, it is that there are @1500 file in that directory ant I was doing a copy *.* (DOAH! ... WHAT A NOVICE) > -----Original Message----- > From: Gustafson, James > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:34 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: cp - Argument list too long > > Help, > > > I am trying to build an application and its directory structures are quite > large. It is using autoconf to copy the files from the source tree to the > build tree and it is failing. When I try to manually enter the cp > command, I get an "Argument list too long" > > Is there a way to get around what appears to be a 64 character limit to > the arglist? > > Thanks for your help, > Jim Gustafson _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
