[X-Unix] Script - works, but not where I need it to

[Bert Knabe]

On Jun 30, 2004, at 8:31 PM, Victor Eijkhout wrote:

> At 20:08 -0500 2004/06/30, Bert Knabe wrote:
>> find /Volumes/composing/\ \ \ Running\ Ads/* -mtime 1 -exec cp -p {} 
>> /Volumes/Online/\PDF\'S/In/ \;
>
> What is that star doing there? The first argument of find is supposed 
> to be a single directory. The rest are commands starting with a 
> "-something" label.

I'll have to ask the guy at corporate that wrote it for me. I assumed 
it was a wildcard, although I couldn't imagine why it would be 
necessary, since the idea was to copy files modified in the last 24 
hours.

But I don't think that would be the problem. The script works when run 
from my iMac (accessing the directories on the server), but gives the 
error:filecopy22.txt: /usr/bin/find: Argument list too long.

I changed the shell on the Xserve from tcsh to bash, hoping that was 
the problem, but it gave the same error.

Bert Knabe
Computer Technician
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
bert.knabe at lubbockonline.com
(806) 766-2158

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