rm command fails

[Chen, Jian (FSH)]

Hi,

"rm" command does not remove files, and complains "Argument is too big"
when the number of files is large. In my case, there are over 9000 files
within a directory. 
I don't know if it is a feature or a bug. I guess there is a physical limit
to the maximum files for the command to handle, but I didn't find it from
the man page. 
 
The Linux I am using is:
Linux version 2.4.18-10smp (address@hidden) (gcc
version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 SMP Wed Aug 7
11:17:48 EDT 2002

Thanks


Jian CHEN
Sr. Database Administrator
Family Services and Housing
Government of Manitoba
phone: (204)945-0498
fax: (204)948-2394