Hi Russell I have tried that, but I now get bash: xarg: Argument list too long. I am actually taking a directory of some 4000 image files, all about 11kb in size and using another program, writing them to an *.avi file. I then delete all the separate image files, where rm also complains with the same error. Any other sugestions? Where would be the best place to ask kernel questions? > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Kaiser > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:11 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: MAX_ARG_PAGES > > I have hit this problem before when doing "rm *" in a > directory with lots and lots of files. The way to get around > this problem when deleting a large number of files like that > is to use the xargs command with rm. Here are a few examples > of this. Google xargs with rm and you will see a few others: > > http://freebooks.by.ru/view/ShellProgIn24h/31480122.htm > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6060 > > This doesn't address what you are trying to do in the kernel, > but is one solution to your argument list too long issue. > > -- > Russell Kaiser > Russell.Kaiser@xxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
