Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
Question: at what point would commands such as 'ls', 'cp' and
others consider the argument list too long? The reason I'm asking is
because I'm getting random results here. One time 'ls' would tell it
the argument list is too long when the file count in the folder
reached around 2,000 files. Another, like this morning, it let me go
all the way to 2,600+ before complaining. And just now it reached
1,900 files and already 'ls' is complaining. That seems random to
me. Is there a set number that causes all of these commands to fail
with 'Argument list too long' or what convoluted algorithm is used to
figure it out?
It's not a word count limit. It's a character limit. The current value
of which escapes me at this point.
Jeff
