Hi, While trying to search for a file in linux machine using the 'locate' command, I get the below error :
I use 2.6 linux. Any ideas to overcome this problem ?
Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru
yeah don't have paths over 4096.
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Phil Da Lick!
wrote >> Hi,
Attempting to create a hyper-long string of directories (basically
0/1/2/3/...) leads to some interesting problems, mostly because getcwd() complains about "path too long".mkdir longpath cd longpath i=0;while [ $i -lt 1037 ]; do mkdir $i; cd $i; i=`expr $i + 1`; done
(the exact number may vary, depending on longpath's location in the tree)
slocate didn't reproduce this particular error for me, but it also didn't catalog directory '1036'.
Fortunately, 'rm -rf' still works on directory '0'. ;-)
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