Re: Arg too long

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 05/17/04


Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:45:27 GMT

On 17 May 2004 01:59:41 -0700, mika wrote:
> hello,
>
> I was surprise when i want to mv thousand files and i get this error
> messages
> /usr/bin/mv: Arg too long
> So i can not mv a lot of files from one dir to another.
> then i choose to du a find wih -exec option.
> Question: Why i get this messages ? is a bug or limitations, is there
> any other mv command that can make around this.

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