HP-UX

I am trying to run make command on 200000 files in HP UX but it refuses to compile giving a message that " command line is too long .stop" I checked and found out that there is a limit imposed by the operating system on the command line .for Eg refer following link :
The maximum length of arguments for a new process

But a resolution is also given. See the link:
Overcoming Command Line Length Limits - GNAT User's Guide for Unix Platforms

There is a way out if we create create sudirectories for better organisation. But when i tried to create 5 subdirectories havinh 20000 files each the problem is I am getting 5 default makefiles .How I run all those sevem makefiles on single make command on one go. so that make command compiles all the 2LAC files together.

Thanks
Regards
Madhur Tripathi

What was the actual command line you issued ? There are usually simple ways round this.

Many thanx for replying....I don't have any clue how to compile five makefiles in single go with make command... Please suggest me a workaround as u suggested...I would really appreciate your help

Can you post a command which works for one file and the command which failed? It is impossible to guess what you are trying to do.

ok this is what i am trying to do..
Now when I try to create say 2LAC files in a directory and then run

mkmf -f Makefile then my makefile gets made in that directory. now when i run "make Makefile" command it pops up a message saying "command line too long .Stop" ...
then i thought that i would create five subdirectory and would create 20000 files in each one of them so that the command line in make command disen't get too long...
now if i run mkmf makefile in those subdirectory then i am getting five Makefiles all with same name ie Makefile . How i run make command on those makefiles simultaneously..in case of single directry i run make makefile ..bit here i want to simultaneously compile 2LAC files distibuted in bundles of 20000 files in five subdirectory..i want to run make command on 2LAC files simultaneously..but after running mkmf command in 5 directories i have 5 makefiles ..hoe do i run makecommand becouser make command allows only one makefile..please suggest a turnaround


regards
Madhur

Question is too obfuscated for me. Suggest your refer this to HP with full evidence.

Assuming your current working directory is the directory that contains 5 folders each storing 20k files and one Makefile, you could try this?

Code:

for i in */Makefile; do
make $i &
done

For memory and performance reasons I'd rather run these make commands one by one (without &) than run all 5 of them at the same time.