[pacman-dev] [PATCH] paccache: use xargs to execute mv/rm commands
This removes the restriction on the length of the command line, as xargs will work around by running multiple instances of the command for us. As seen: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1232959 Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> --- contrib/paccache.sh.in | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/paccache.sh.in b/contrib/paccache.sh.in index 74bac8a..46eb230 100644 --- a/contrib/paccache.sh.in +++ b/contrib/paccache.sh.in @@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ totalsaved=$(@SIZECMD@ "${candidates[@]}" | awk '{ sum += $1 } END { print sum } # crush. kill. destroy. (( verbose )) && cmdopts+=(-v) if (( delete )); then - runcmd rm "${cmdopts[@]}" "${candidates[@]}" + printf '%s\0' "${candidates[@]}" | runcmd xargs -0 rm "${cmdopts[@]}" elif (( move )); then - runcmd mv "${cmdopts[@]}" "${candidates[@]}" "$movedir" + printf '%s\0' "${candidates[@]}" | runcmd xargs -0 mv "${cmdopts[@]}" -t "$movedir" fi summarize "$pkgcount" "${candidates[@]}" -- 1.8.1.3
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