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Subject: Re: rm - Argument list too long
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On Friday 27 January 2006 23:34, FlashWebHost.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am getting error "Argument list too long." when deleting files from
> /tmp directory.
>
> ------------------------------------
> server20# uname -a
> FreeBSD server20.hosthat.com 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #1: Tue
> Oct 18 06:28:41 GMT 2005
> root@server20.hosthat.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SERVER20  i386
> server20# pwd
> /tmp
> server20# ls -l sess*
> /bin/ls: Argument list too long.
> server20# rm -f sess*
> /bin/rm: Argument list too long.
> server20#
> ------------------------------------
>
> Any idea how to correct this ?
>

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