GNU bug report logs - #70586
cp walks dir differently than rm and is hitting "File name too long" where this could be avoided

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm <at> maven.pl>

Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:37:13 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm <at> maven.pl>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cp walks dir differently than rm and is hitting "File name too long"
 where this could be avoided
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:35:40 +0200

Hello.

rm -r while deleting a directory that's longer than PATH_MAX walks it in 
a way to avoid hitting max limit

$ (for i in `seq 1 2000`; do mkdir 
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890; cd 
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890; done)
$ rm -r 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890


but cp doesn't do that:

$ (for i in `seq 1 2000`; do mkdir 
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890; cd 
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890; done)
$ cp -a 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 2
> cp: cannot stat '1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890/1234567890123456789012345678901234567890': File name too long

I wonder (+ report as a enhancement request) why cp isn't made to do the 
same smart thing and avoid hitting ENAMETOOLONG?

$ cp --version
cp (GNU coreutils) 9.5

-- 
Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 55 days ago.

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