From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA03241 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:55:18 -0600 From: Ulrich.Strelow@schering.de Received: from fw-wiss.schering.de (be2314.schering.de [149.234.1.29]) by be3334.schering.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA06145 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:55:17 +0200 (MET DST) To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:55:04 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [parisc-linux] make dep not working on HP-UX List-ID: I have had a similar problem on our production HP-UX systems. Running ls * on a directory with a lot of files gives ksh: /usr/bin/ls: arg list too long To solve this problem you need to set the HP-UX kernel parameter large_ncargs_enabled 1 and rebuild the HP-UX kernel. Here is the information from HP Electronic Support Center: Problem Description What is the impact of changing the kernel parameter "large_ncargs_enabled" from 0 to 1? What is the meaning of this parameter? Configuration Info Operating System - HPUX Version- Hardware System - HP 9000 Series - Solution When large_ncargs_enabled is set to "1", it increases the default "environment size" (the memory set aside to be your login environment - to hold your PATH variable, etc.) from 20478 to 2048000. SAM doesn't have any info about this parm or any max/minvalue. If you have been having trouble using an "rm *" on really big directories (it was running out of environment space), the command will work when you set it to 1. Regarding system performance, it will eat up extra memory (2 M vs. 20 K), but if you don't have too many users and you have plenty of RAM, it shouldn't be a problem. Ulrich --------------------------------------------- Ulrich Strelow Berlin, Germany