Phillip -- ...and then Mr. Phillip Kimble said... % % Greetings,
Hello! % % I recently stumbled across a strange problem using cp which I do not % understand. Here is the scenario; ... % Cp -far /home/ftp/tmp/2001/01.*.01/* /home/user/admin/tmp/ % % All worked well for 01, 02, 03, 04, (Jan, Feb, Mar, & Apr). Once I % entered 05.*.01, I received the error, "Argument list is too long". What do you get when you run ls -1 /home/ftp/tmp/2002/01.01.01/* | wc -l ls -1 /home/ftp/tmp/2002/01.02.01/* | wc -l ls -1 /home/ftp/tmp/2002/01.03.01/* | wc -l ls -1 /home/ftp/tmp/2002/01.04.01/* | wc -l ls -1 /home/ftp/tmp/2002/01.05.01/* | wc -l at your shell prompt? I suspect that there are lots of files in .05 but not so many files in .01 - .04 dirs. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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