Re: tar: Pathname too long

From	Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: tar: Pathname too long
Date	2016-10-13 11:17 -0400
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On 10/13/16 10:13 AM, Robert Peirce wrote:
> 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.  However, I will give it
> a look.

I know almost noting about xargs, but I tried this:

find ./iTunes -newer TS -type f -print0 |
xargs -O tar -cf ~/iTunes.t

and got the following error:

xargs: insufficient space for argument

I'm assuming the argument is the file name I am trying to tar, but maybe 
not.

I also got the error with 'tar -rf.

I searched google and found this alternate approach:

xargs -O -Ifoo tar cf ~/iTunes.t foo

I also tried '{}' instead of 'foo'.  Both produced the insufficient 
space error.

Using -L 1 doesn't eliminate the error either.

I am stymied.

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tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-05 10:46 -0400
  Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-05 13:08 -0400
  Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 17:29 +0000
  Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-05 14:37 -0400
    Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 18:56 +0000
  Re: tar: Pathname too long Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-05 20:22 +0000
  Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-05 19:35 -0400
    Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-11 13:07 -0400
      Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-11 17:15 +0000
        Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-11 14:57 -0400
          Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-11 19:22 +0000
        Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-11 14:57 -0400
          Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-11 19:22 +0000
            Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-13 10:13 -0400
              Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-13 15:09 +0000
              Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-13 11:17 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-13 11:43 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-13 15:43 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-13 18:00 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-13 22:01 +0000
  Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 09:05 -0400
    Re: tar: Pathname too long Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-14 10:55 -0400
      Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 11:15 -0400
        Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-14 15:52 +0000
        Re: tar: Pathname too long Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-14 12:48 -0400
          Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 13:11 -0400
            Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-14 23:06 -0500
              Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-15 11:44 -0400
          Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 13:14 -0400
          Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 17:12 -0400
            Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-14 23:08 -0500
              Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-15 11:52 -0400
            Re: tar: Pathname too long rlhamil@smart.net (Richard L. Hamilton) - 2016-10-16 08:43 +0000
              Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-16 16:43 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long rlhamil@smart.net (Richard L. Hamilton) - 2016-10-17 17:46 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-10-18 06:39 +0200
                Re: tar: Pathname too long dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-18 20:39 +1300
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-18 12:20 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-19 09:15 +1300
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-18 16:37 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-19 00:26 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-19 23:02 +1300
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-19 18:02 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-20 14:06 +1300
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-19 22:57 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-20 17:47 +1300
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 15:23 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-19 08:38 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-19 11:31 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-19 11:38 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-19 11:49 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-19 12:09 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-19 18:22 +0200
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-19 12:33 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-19 18:44 +0200
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-19 12:58 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-20 04:25 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-21 20:16 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 15:47 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 15:40 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-19 18:06 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 00:15 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-19 22:58 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-20 08:19 -0400
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 14:21 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-21 20:23 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 04:26 +0000
                Re: tar: Pathname too long "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-22 16:53 -0500
                Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 22:14 +0000
      Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 12:33 -0400
    Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 11:03 -0400
      Re: tar: Pathname too long Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-14 15:53 +0000
        Re: tar: Pathname too long Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2016-10-14 12:56 -0400

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