bug/limitation with rm

[Mark Feijo]

Hi,

Just a quick note that it has been verified here that the rm command has a
limitation of how many files it can delete in a single command.  This was
noticed when trying to remove large amounts of redundant mail from out mail
server.  It returns an error equal or similar to "List of arguments too
long".  This happened at after about 12000 files were deleted.  We tested
this with another system, using some test files.  The same thing occurred at
around 12000 files.

I'm sure this issue is known.  If there is a fix for this, please let me
know, or post on your site.  Other than that, keep up the good work and good
luck to you.



Mark Feijo
Network Administration
Compusense Inc.