[GRLUG] Strange copy behavior

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

You could have files with the same name and different case. FAT is not case
sensitive.

On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 1:01 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
grlug at grlug.org> wrote:

> 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:
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> On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 11:55 -0400, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
> wrote:
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> 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
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> (Fedora 24)
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> Eric Beversluis
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