Jian -- ...and then Chen, Jian (FSH) said... % % Hi,
Hi! % % "rm" command does not remove files, and complains "Argument is too big" % when the number of files is large. In my case, there are over 9000 files % within a directory. Right. % I don't know if it is a feature or a bug. I guess there is a physical limit % to the maximum files for the command to handle, but I didn't find it from % the man page. It's actually a shell limit rather than an rm limit, as I understand it. It's certainly not limited to rm. % % The Linux I am using is: % Linux version 2.4.18-10smp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc % version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 SMP Wed Aug 7 % 11:17:48 EDT 2002 You can get around this with xargs; see the man pages for xargs and find (where it's most commonly used, or at least best known) for more. % % Thanks % % % Jian CHEN % Sr. Database Administrator % Family Services and Housing % Government of Manitoba % phone: (204)945-0498 % fax: (204)948-2394 HTH & HAND & Happy Holidays :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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