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Old 09-02-2003, 09:44 AM   #1
dragon49
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/bin/rm: Argument list too long


I have a daily log purging job. last night when I ran it, i received: /bin/rm: Argument list too long.

How to I change the default to allow me to rm or cp more files?


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Old 09-02-2003, 12:27 PM   #2
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Google is your friend.

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