Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:00:33 GMT From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/157491: update ls/rm/mv/cp tools to be able to handle large amount of files Message-ID: <201106011200.p51C0X0o012189@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/157491; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, vermaden@interia.pl Cc: Subject: Re: misc/157491: update ls/rm/mv/cp tools to be able to handle large amount of files Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:59:36 +0000 The limit is not in these tools. It is a constant number, defined in bytes, in the kernel. This is designed to keep the amount of memory required to store these command line options bounded. You could see the value with $getconf ARG_MAX 262144 I suggest you use find + xargs which automatically will figure out the correct number of arguments and run the command for you. -- Eitan Adler
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