error: parameter list is too long

[thepallace]

I'm getting this error when moving files. Is there a buffer parmater that we can adjust on our AIX inorder for DBA to move 1700+ files to a different directory. Is there a fix on this. Pls advise.

oracle@janus: [ /mv3/oracle/admin/ROAM/arch_applied ]
ECAS01 $ mv *gz /sv7/arch_applied/ROAM/
ksh: /usr/bin/mv: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.
oracle@janus: [ /mv3/oracle/admin/ROAM/arch_applied ]
ECAS01 $ ls -l | wc -l
1724

oracle@janus:


Thanks,
JA

 

[Boria]

Hi,
use xargs command.
Regards

 

[RodKnowlton]

ls | while read FILENAME
do
  if ["${FILENAME}" != "${FILENAME%gz}" ]
  then
    mv "${FILENAME}" /sv7/arch_applied/ROAM/
  fi
done

or, if there aren't any subdirectories (or no chance of "*gz" files in any subdirectories):

find . -name '*gz' -exec mv {} /sv7/arch_applied/ROAM/ \;

Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L

 

[metzlej]

As mentioned above, I too pipe things into a while read loop. However, you can adjust the ARG/ENV list. Here are the steps:

smitty
System Environments
Change / Show Characteristics of Operating System
ARG/ENV list size in 4K byte blocks [6]

Be careful because setting it too high can constrain system resources.

Regards,

Jarrett
IBM Certified Systems Expert pSeries HACMP for AIX
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert for AIX 5L and pSeries
- AIX 5L Systems Administration
- AIX 5L Performance and System Tuning
- p690 Technical Support
- pSeries HACMP for AIX

 

[Yegolev]

another suggestion, maybe just mv the dir? maybe not what you want.

mv /mv3/oracle/admin/ROAM/arch_applied /sv7/arch_applied/ROAM/

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