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Date:	Fri, 01 Nov 2002 08:42:12 -0500
To:	guillot DOT bernard AT hit DOT com DOT hk, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: /usr/bin/ls and /usr/bin/rm Unexpected Behavior when
	requesting m ore than 1574 files or 96707 bytes of filenames
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	hk>
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Perhaps you'll find 'xargs' helpful.

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At 04:29 AM 11/1/2002, guillot DOT bernard AT hit DOT com DOT hk wrote:
>Hi There,
>       Ok This is another of those weird bug.
>
>       If All your filenames adds up to more than 96707 by even just one
>char, if you request ls *.data or rm *.data  you will get a bash:
>/usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument. But ls without a pattern request will work.
>
>       Here is what I found so far.
>       - No one has reported something similar in google or Cygwin mailing
>list.
>
>       If you have more than 1574 Files (this is the cutting point for me )
>you will get 
>           $ bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument
>
>       Also It may not relate to the number of Files as much as the Length of
>the all the filenames
>      
>           attached is a tar of empty touch-ed files 1574 Total that will
>extract into it's own directory.
>
>           If you add this file 
>                 touch aaaaaaaaaaa.data
>                 ls *.data 
>                 # everything is fine
>                 
>                 # Now Create a file with one more letter in the file and it
>will not work
>                 rm    aaaaaaaaaaa.data
>                 touch aaaaaaaaaaaa.data
>                 ls *.data 
>                 bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument
>                 # everything Breaks Down
>      
>
>      On my Directory the length of all the filenames is 96707 bytes or
>\x179C3 if you add one more char as explained before it will fail. 
>
>      I have the latest release Cygwin as of this posting. PC with Windows
>2000 SP3 :-( with 256 Meg of Ram (Plenty left for malloc). The Cygperf is
>also included in the attachments.
>  
>
>Regards,
>
>Bernard Guillot
>
>Senior Systems Architect - Information Services Department
>Hong Kong International Terminals
>
>You may reach me at theses contacts:
>Tel:    (852) 2619-6123
>Fax:    (852) 2485-3315
>E-mail: guillot DOT bernard AT hit DOT com DOT hk
>Web:    http://www.hph.com.hk
>
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