Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:20:45 -0500 From: Brian Bobowski <bbobowski@cogeco.ca> To: Mipam <mipam@ibb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /bin/rm: Argument list too long. Message-ID: <419DBAED.606@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.56.0411190956490.18264@ux11.ltcm.net> References: <Pine.BSO.4.56.0411190956490.18264@ux11.ltcm.net>
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Mipam wrote: >Hi, > >I tried to delete all files from a dir, however I got this message: > >/bin/rm: Argument list too long. > >So, no go. newfs is also no option, because the dir is not a seperate fs. >Any hints exept for manual labour? >Bye, > >Mipam. > > I gather it's rm * that's not working? If so, try a subset, e.g. rm a* or something else that's fairly common, and see if you can just rm * after that. -BB
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