Malcolm O'Brien wrote: > I'm copying about 115,000 files. The source is a external USB HD on my > PC. The destination is a folder on the Mac. Twice now, I've gotten the > message: > > The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in > "CP20010618.pub" cannot be read or written. Error code -36. > > (Aside: Where do I find the details of error numbers?) > > What I did the first time was throw all the successfully copied files to > the Trash, SCANDISK (& fix) the PC's external HD, and try the operation > again, which just got me the same abend & msg. > > See, I Trashed the files so that I could avoid duplicate copies or > 115,000 "Overwrite?" dialogs. So what I need is a better way to copy. > One that will continue and perhaps make a list of failed files. Or that > will recognize previously copied files as successful components of > _this_ operation. > > TIA for helpful suggestions.
1. Why are you copying them over to the Mac? Just plug the external drive into the Mac and let your applications read the ones that are usable. You can then save the files as Mac OS files if you want to do so. 2. the ".pub" extension refers to Microsoft Publisher files. There isn't a version of MS Publisher for the Mac, not even in Microsoft Office for Macintosh. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney "Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
