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linuxandtsm

01-08-2012 09:48 PM

argument list too long error

Hi all,

I am getting this error when i run a bash script.

Code:

/home/user/testscript.sh: line 32: /usr/bin/rsync: Argument list too long

and below is the command at line 32 in the testscript.sh

Code:

rsync -rltcv /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/* /target1/target2/ >> $LOG

thanks in advance!

chrism01

01-08-2012 11:50 PM

It would usually mean there are too many dirs/files in the generated list for rsync to handle.
Try adding

Code:

set -xv

at the top of your sh file (after the #!/bin/bash line) to see.
You may need to break it down into multiple smaller file lists.

Valery Reznic

01-09-2012 12:03 AM

Code:

rsync -rltcv /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/* /target1/target2/ >> $LOG

Why yo need a '*' ?

Code:

rsync -rltcv /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/ /target1/target2/ >> $LOG

This command will not do?

linuxandtsm

01-09-2012 12:55 PM

Thanks for the replies.

removing '*' at the end of source dir, worked.

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