Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:37:00 -0600 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'rm' Can not delete files Message-ID: <4F32C0CC.2070106@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <CAHhngE3F7PYNuOfKk1bogzpXw1pjBzhtB_6q-1gqR7=OPSh_3Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <1237723287.20120207235924@yandex.ru> <4F31A15C.3050506@gmail.com> <3DFDF5C0-2D39-4A88-B3B5-7D236A7FC4DA@dont-panic.org> <CAHhngE3F7PYNuOfKk1bogzpXw1pjBzhtB_6q-1gqR7=OPSh_3Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/08/2012 12:02 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: > 2012/2/7 Ingo Hofmann <ingo.hofmann@dont-panic.org>: >> What helps me sometimes is wrapping it up: >> >> for i in *; do rm $i; done > > Won't that just expand the * and result in the same problem? It seems > like you've just moved the problem from the rm statement to the for > statement. This error arises during exec(3) when the length of the program arguments exceeds a certain size. Since 'for' is a shell builtin, there is no such practical limitation thereupon. See the ERRORS section in execve(2), specifically [E2BIG], for more details. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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