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Hi MadeInGermany,
I stand corrected. Note, however, that it isn't -exec that needs the (seemingly) extra argument in:
find path -type f -exec command initial_args {} +
The reason the args[0]...

I haven't seen any reports about UNIX-branded implementations (including AIX) of find behaving contrary to the requirements of the standards in the last decade where the given command-line met the...

And this is a problem why?[/quote]
This is a problem because rm may remove a file before it is listed by ls and archived by tar.

The -exec ... + primary gathers arguments for each invocation of...

I see that you have chosen to ignore the problems I mentioned in post #9 in this thread. You do so at your own peril!

From the error you have shown us, we might guess that one or more of the...

No. Do not use -exec ... + in cases like this. If there are enough files to trigger an invocation of one of these -exec primaries before the find has processed the entire file hierarchy, the list...