[GRLUG] globbing

[Bob Kline]

The issue is that wildcard expansion
doesn't work during an ftp session.

I've contacted the web hosting provider
as well.  This simply shouldn't happen
at the level of a few dozen, or even a
few hundred, files.

   -- Bob


On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com>wrote:

> Not sure what the issue is, but a possible solution may be to use
> Filezilla as your FTP client:
>
> http://forum.bplaced.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20662
>
> Good luck and let us know how things go.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It happens at the level of one file.
> > e.g., if I use "ls zz*" for the file zz.jpg
> > I get a globbing error.  Using "ls zz.jpg,"
> > I get the usual result.
> >
> >
> >
> >    -- Bob
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:49 AM, <scott.tanner at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I haven't seen that particular error, but it sounds like the "list too
> >> long" error I see in CentOS at times.   Do you see this error on any
> >> wildcard matching, or just when the wildcard matches a large number of
> files
> >> ( ie "rm *"  versus "rm exact_filename.tx?" )  ?
> >>
> >> If its matching a large number of files, try piping through xargs:
> >>
> >>   ls files2del* | xargs -i rm {}
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: "Bob Kline" <bob.kline at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area."
> >> <grlug at grlug.org>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:34:52 AM
> >> Subject: [GRLUG] globbing
> >>
> >>
> >> I've recently encountered an issue
> >> with globbing on my web hosting site.
> >>
> >> The problem is that any attempt to
> >> use wild cards when I try to, for example,
> >> delete a bunch of files on the hosting site
> >> results in an error saying "out of memory
> >> while globbing."
> >>
> >> In parenthesis it then suggests  "This probably
> >> means 'Permission denied.' "
> >>
> >> Permission to glob?
> >>
> >> I can, for example, delete files one at a time,
> >> by typing in the entire name - i.e., no wild cards.
> >>
> >> Nor does it appear to have to do with the
> >> number of files - no globbing even with one file.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions here?
> >>
> >> I'll ask the web host provider as well....
> >>
> >>    -- Bob
> >>
> >>
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