Bug in rm ??

[wendel]

Hi,

 

I found a stupid problem in "rm" that i think that already must be knowed, but i'm reporting. :)

 

I tryed:

 

netfinity:/w/bkporacle>rm -rf *
bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

I understood that it have much arguments... i have 17740 files in directory. I know that i can remove it using find with -exec option but why it happens with rm ??

 

A problem with numer of arguments suported by va_list in rm ??

 

Or a limit in the bash ??

 

Why not fix this problem ??

 

Thkz a lot.

 

Best Regards.

 

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