[GRLUG] Strange copy behavior

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

Format the thumbdrive as ext4 and rsync /var/www/html /mnt/$thumbdrive .

-Van

> On May 6, 2020, at 09:47, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
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> On May 6, 2020 at 12:25:45, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group (grlug at grlug.org) wrote:
>> On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 11:55 -0400, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
>> wrote:
>>> I’m copying over my /var/www/html file on my old Fedora computer to a
>>> thumb drive.
>>> The copy process is coming up with a bunch of strange “File conflict”
>>> warnings (file with same name already exists).
>>> First, if I’m copying to a blank html directory on the thumb drive,
>>> how can the file already exist?
>>> Second, the warning shows the same file size and the same time saved
>>> for the file that “already exists” and the one the system is trying
>>> to copy.
>>> Only thing I can think is that somehow the system is not keeping
>>> accurate track of the files it’s already copied. Is that possible?
>>> Could there be something else?
>> 
>> How are you "copying"?
>> 
>> What is the filesystem on the thumbdrive?
>> 
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>> Adam Tauno Williams  
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> 
> Hi, Adam.
> 
> Thumb drive is FAT30
> 
> From Nemo I selected all and did ctrl-C then ctrl-V
> 
> (Fedora 24)
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> Eric Beversluis 
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