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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: tar: Pathname too long
Date: 13 Oct 2016 15:09:43 GMT
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On 2016-10-13, Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
> On 10/11/16 3:22 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> You missed what I wrote about using xargs rather than the -exec switch.
>
> I didn't miss it.  I just recalled I had read there was some sort of 
> problem with xargs so I chose not to pursue it.

No idea what you are talking about, but that's no reason to avoid it.
People everywhere on many platforms use xargs all the time without
issue.

> However, I will give it a look.

You really should, since it has a decent chance of resolving your issue
for good.
 
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