On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 10:59, Stuart Lamble wrote: > 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 How about alphabetically such as rm [a-c]*. Otherwise, you would probably need to recompile the kernel. There are several threads in the archives about getting and recompiling the kernel source. Bob...
