Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:13:49 +0700 From: Pavel Gubin <pg@ie.tusur.ru> To: horio shoichi <bugsgrief@bugsgrief.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could ARG_MAX be increased? Message-ID: <20040925061349.GE67823@ie.tusur.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040925.040509.1c3d69aa1d0d33c0.10.0.3.20@bugsgrief.net> References: <217202CB5FF8AE439E263CE3D48ECB50686C37@honda.int.hansa.lt> <p06110411bd78c249333c@[128.113.24.47]> <20040923184648.GB775@gothmog.gr> <20040924124211.GB2050@eddie.nitro.dk> <20040925.040509.1c3d69aa1d0d33c0.10.0.3.20@bugsgrief.net>
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On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 01:05:09PM +0900, horio shoichi wrote: > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:42:11 +0200 "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > On 2004.09.23 21:46:48 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Yeah. I think the real answer is to learn about find as you and others > > > have suggested. > > > > While it is correct that find is the best solution e.g. when > > scripting, it can be a PITA e.g. when moving a lot of files that you > > have to use find/xargs instead of simply "mv bla.*.1 dir/". I know > > how to use find, but it takes somewhat longer to type... > > > > Just my 0.02(insert local currency). > > > > Anyway, I'm probably just going to bump MAX_ARGS locally on my next > > world rebuild :-). [] > Many simple cases go with echo instead of find, so that the stupid > "-maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1" phrase can be eliminated. > > E.g., following lines are equivalent in sh and t?csh: > > % mv bla.*.1 dir/ > % echo bla.*.1|xargs -J% mv % dir/ > > Or even to (override 5000 limit may be necessary): > > % echo bla.*.1 dir/|xargs mv Then this returns us to start point because find builds list of files internally and does not affected by MAX_ARGS limit, while shell builds for echo exactly the same argument list as for mv. And also I think we're going to discuss the color of bikeshed :-) -- Pavel Gubin TUSC&R / Industrial Electronics dept / System Administrator 2:5005/14@fidonet / Phone +7-3822-423067 / ICQ 28835566
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