Re: [PRI=unimportant] Reiserfs 3.6: errors with rm, ls and many individual files

> cp001:~ # du -sh bonnietmp.old/ ; ls bonnietmp.old/*log* ; rm -rf bonniet=
> mp.old/*log*
> 43M     bonnietmp.old
> bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
> bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
> cp001:~ #

You are seeing a common shell expansion limit.  You are hitting
ARG_MAX.  Here is an FAQ entry on the subject.

  http://www.gnu.org/software/fileutils/doc/faq/core-utils-faq.html#Argument%20list%20too%20long

HTH
Bob


> Hello,
> 
> I have sent this to the ReiserFS people in case it might be of any intere=
> st to them.
> 
> I'm not sending it to you, too in case it is of interest to you.
> 
> I should point out that I have _no_ idea if the effect is entirely to do =
> the fielsystem, entirely due to the su-utils, or is a compination of both=
> =2E
> 
> Since the issue is not an actual problem for me currently, I do not have =
> any incentive to test it on another FS.
> 
> I could see however that this _could_ be a potential problem, if there we=
> re other "unknown" things in the directory that some one wanted to keep.
> 
> However if there are any test you would like me to run, please let me kno=
> w. I can also send you a compressed tar archive if you'd like.
> 
> Some specs I forgot from the first message:
> 
> Dell PowerEdge 6450
> SuSE Linux 8.0
> kernel 2.4.18 (Stock SuSE default)
> over 100 GB free disk space (~110 total)
> 8 GB RAM.
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> This may be a bug with sh-utils, however I thought I would report it here=
>  in case there's any interest in it.=20
> This is on a RAID5 setup of 6 U160 SCSI drives in a Dell Quad-Xeon PowerE=
> dge 6450, 8GB RAM.
> 
> I got this directory [and it's contents] by writting a script that runs b=
> onnie++ in an infinite loop (I was attempting to stress-test the server)
> 
> The directory it's self is not large, however it contains many thousand s=
> mall log files ( I had not idea it was going to do that :-) )
> If you want a tarball of the dior, just let me know.
> 
> cp001:~ # du -sh bonnietmp.old/ ; ls bonnietmp.old/*log* ; rm -rf bonniet=
> mp.old/*log*
> 43M     bonnietmp.old
> bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
> bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
> cp001:~ #
> 
> I just found it somewhat interesting. Probably nothing you haven't seen b=
> efore but ya never know.
> 
> Thanks, hope I didn't waste your time....
> `
> =09JW
> 
> --=20
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Jonathan Wilson
> System Administrator
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