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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Unable to copy files due to many files in directory Post 302696371 by before4 on Wednesday 5th of September 2012 01:18:27 AM
Old 09-05-2012
Unable to copy files due to many files in directory

I have directory that has some billion file inside , i tried copy some files for specific date but it's always did not respond for long time and did not give any result.. i tried everything with find command and also with xargs..

even this command
Code:
find . -mtime -2 -print | xargs ls -d

did not give any result on console.

Is there any solution to fix this.



Thanks in Adv
 

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TDIARY-SETUP(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   TDIARY-SETUP(1)

NAME
tdiary-setup -- installer to set up tdiary files for a user SYNOPSIS
tdiary-setup [default | symlink | copy | update ] directory DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the tdiary-setup commands. OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files. default Copy CGI files and set up a tdiary user. Choose default if your httpd runs under suEXEC mode, which is generally recommended to make security stronger. symlink Make symbolic links and set up a tdiary user. Choose symlink if your httpd does not run under suEXEC mode. copy Copy all the files and set up a tdiary user. update Update existing tDiary setting. Use this when you update the tdiary package. directory Directory where CGI files will be copied. If the directory does not exist it will be made. USAGE
tdiary-setup default /home/foo/public_html/diary AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Daigo Moriwaki beatles@sgtpepper.net for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GPL Version 2. TDIARY-SETUP(1)
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