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SubjectRe: File Limit in Kernel?
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Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> writes:

> Hi!
>
> > > I have a directory with 39,000 files in it, and I'm trying to use the cp
> > > command to copy them into another directory, and neither the cp or the
> > > mv command will work, they both same "argument list too long" when I
> > > use:
> > >
> > > cp -f * /usr/local/www/images
> >
> > Kind of. The * is expanded by the shell. The kernel limits the max
> > length of program arguments, which is biting you here. In theory you
> > could increase the MAX_ARG_PAGES #define in linux/binfmts.h and
> > recompile. No guarantee that it won't have any bad side effects
> > though. The default is rather low, it should be probably increased
> > (I also regularly run into this)
>
> I have been making that limit higher 5 years ago. Perhaps its time to
> up it for everyone?

Is this something that _must_ be set at compile time, or could it be
made tuneable via /proc?

Shalon Wood

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