RE: cp - Argument list too long ( OOPS! My BAD!... NEVER MIND)

[Gustafson, James]

OOOPS!

  SORRY ABOUT THAT!  It is not that the arg line is too long, it is that
there are @1500 file in that directory ant I was doing a copy *.* (DOAH! ...
WHAT A  NOVICE)



>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Gustafson, James  
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:34 AM
> To:   'address@hidden'
> Subject:      cp - Argument list too long
> 
> Help, 
> 
> 
> I am trying to build an application and its directory structures are quite
> large.  It is using autoconf to copy the files from the source tree to the
> build tree and it is failing.  When I try to manually enter the cp
> command, I get an "Argument list too long"
> 
> Is there a way to get around what appears to be a 64 character limit to
> the arglist?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Jim Gustafson