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Re: environment size and "Arg list too long"

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From: Mark Post
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:34
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:57:24 GMT, Derek Shaw <he.is@bigfoot.com> wrote:

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>Another clue: if I run the command with a relative path it works fine:
>eg:
>   cd /
>   chattr +i var/home/userdir/*
>works, while
>   chattr +i /var/home/userdir/*
>fails (returns "Arg list too long").

Derek,

Try chattr +i "/var/home/userdir/*"
using the double-quotes.

Mark Post

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