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Re: Problem with cp (copy)
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David T-G |
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Re: Problem with cp (copy) |
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Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:48:03 -0500 |
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Alfred --
...and then Alfred M. Szmidt said...
%
% Please read the Coreutils FAQ, it describes your problem in detail [1].
%
% Argument list too long
There's a very interesting wrinkle here, though... As he has posted, he
actually has fewer files in the .05 directory than he has in the .01
directory.
Oh, wait -- Phil, are all fo the files in these dirs of a standard name
format, or could they be anything? More precisely, have [any of] the
files in .05 longer names than in, say, .01?
echo 01.01.01/* | wc -c
echo 01.02.01/* | wc -c
echo 01.03.01/* | wc -c
echo 01.04.01/* | wc -c
echo 01.05.01/* | wc -c
There is the "too many things" kind of 'too long' and there's the "too
many characters" kind of 'too long'; you may be hitting the *second* one
rather than the first.
HTH & HAND
:-D
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