datarequests.pl: "Argument list too long"

[andersonwinkler]

The following is appearing on the datarequests*.log:

[07/22/2018 17:28:04][pid 21008] cp /nidb/archive/S7991MYW/1/3/dicom/* /home/julia/S7991MYW1/1 (sh: /usr/bin/cp: Argument list too long
)

and the destination directory is then empty.

The series in question have 31008 files. Perhaps xargs could be a solution.

[andersonwinkler]

Maybe simpler than xargs: perhaps drop the asterisk and copy the 'dicom' directory directly into the series, in this case '1' (thus no need to create the directory '1' beforehand).

[gbook]

That's a lot of files! But not a preposterous amount. We'll fix it

[andersonwinkler]

Thanks! These are multi-echo sequences, hence that many files. Also will need a wrapper around dcm2niix to sort the echoes. I should have this one soon...

[gbook]

So this is only happening in the datarequest.pl?

[andersonwinkler]

I think so, it's the only place I've seen it... Maybe other locations that list or do operations on all files may also be affected, not sure... Thanks!

[gbook]

Should be fixed now