problems with "cp" (reliant unix 5.43)

Hi,

I've got a problem with the copy - command (reliant unix 5.43). It appears to me rather difficult to copy large amount of data. A command like "cp *.jpg" is simply refused. Does anybody know something about such a kind of restriction? Something like ... only 256 files could be copied at once. Perhaps it stays in relation with the file-system. It still appears strange to me ...

Thanks in advance!

sysadv

Probably a problem with the maximum length of the command line arguments.

"*" is expanded by the shell, not read by cp, so it has to pass all filenames on a single line.

Try something like this:


hth,
M.

Much thanks for your comment. I'll check it out immediately. At the first glance your suggestion appears to be very helpful ... Thanks again! Bye Sysadv