Too many arguments with tar
By Geoff W. on Aug. 13, 2008.
Occasionally, when compressing directories with large numbers of files and/or directories contained within them, you will get an error stating: Too many arguments.
This is not an error from the application - rather it is an error from the shell tell you the ARG_MAX limit has been reached. Here is what you can do to avoid/get around that:
Linking Files
By Geoff W. on Apr. 18, 2008.
Create a symlink to a file rather than copying it to a new location
Category: Linux
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