Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.
On 29 June 2012 23:41, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 06/29/2012 05:29 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Domto...@rpdom.net Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation. /snip/ I've looked at this thread a number of times, but I was then and still am puzzled. According to Linux in a Nutshell, by Siever, et al, cp is a copy command that applies to files or directories, and none of the options mentions determining the size of a file- system or the remaining space therein. Please advise. --doug It was about cp reporting 'no space left on device', whilst df said that there was space available. -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.
Keith McKenzie km3...@gmail.com wrote: It was about cp reporting 'no space left on device', whilst df said that there was space available. The OS reported No space left on device (or more accurately, errno 28: ENOSPC) to cp. Rather than trying to guess whether this really meant what it said or whether it was using its alternative meaning, cp simply passed this on to the user. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/0k64c9xjp9@news.roaima.co.uk
Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.
From: Dom to...@rpdom.net Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation. Nice analysis! On FAT12 (and FAT16, iirc) there is a limit of 512 files in the root directory. Other directories don't have this limit. I found additional information here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_filename#Limitations http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940351 Try creating a subdirectory on that drive and storing the files in there instead. That works in Debian. peter@dalton:/media/4345-A417/Files$ for i in $(seq 1 255);do touch Longfilename $i;done peter@dalton:/media/4345-A417/Files$ ls *25* Longfilename125 Longfilename250 Longfilename253 Longfilename225 Longfilename251 Longfilename254 Longfilename25 Longfilename252 Longfilename255 Thanks!... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057565.55156.51847@cantor.invalid
Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.
On 06/29/2012 05:29 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Domto...@rpdom.net Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation. /snip/ I've looked at this thread a number of times, but I was then and still am puzzled. According to Linux in a Nutshell, by Siever, et al, cp is a copy command that applies to files or directories, and none of the options mentions determining the size of a file- system or the remaining space therein. Please advise. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fee2f0d.6050...@optonline.net
