On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 13:56 -0600, 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? I think it is the number od characters in the command not the number of files. But I can't come up with the magic number of characters. -- ======================================================================= The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable. -- Irving Howe ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
