Bug in rm ??

Hi,

I found a stupid problem in "rm" that i think that already must be knowed, but i'm reporting. :)

I tryed:

netfinity:/w/bkporacle>rm -rf *
bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

I understood that it have much arguments... i have 17740 files in directory. I know that i can remove it using find with -exec option but why it happens with rm ??

A problem with numer of arguments suported by va_list in rm ??

Or a limit in the bash ??

Why not fix this problem ??

Thkz a lot.

Best Regards.

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