Jerry Geis spake the following on 8/30/2007 8:29 AM: >> On 8/30/07, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com >> <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> 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. > > > I was trying to do "rsync -a root at machine2:/somedirectory ." > > There are multiple directories under the tree and yes many files. > > also tried "scp -r root at machine2:/somedirectory ." with the same result > of too many files. > > Jerry How about an explicit path for the destination to see if it is something in your shell? -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!