[CentOS] rsync arg list to long

Jim Perrin
2007-08-30T15:24:38Z

On 8/30/07, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>
wrote:
> I am trying to do an rsync or scp from machine1 to machine2.
> I am getting arg list to long.
>
> I am using centos 5 machine 1 and centos 4.5 on machine2.
>
> I am using the default shell which is bash.
>
> How can I get past this?

Change your rsync command around a bit.

(If you can show us the command you're using, we can make some suggestions)

I would gather that you have a huge amount of files in the dir you're
syncing.



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