Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Wed 09 May 2018 at 22:56:48 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2018-05-09 at 16:20, David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 08 May 2018 at 22:39:55 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > > >> What method are you using to delete it? > >> > >> If you haven't already, I'd recommend trying 'rm -r', *very* > >>

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Wed 09 May 2018 at 16:32:03 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 03:20:06PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > remove-empties () > > { > > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage:$FUNCNAME directories ... > > removes any empty directories under the directories given

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-05-09 at 16:20, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 08 May 2018 at 22:39:55 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: >> What method are you using to delete it? >> >> If you haven't already, I'd recommend trying 'rm -r', *very* >> carefully, from a command prompt. (Unless you have an extremely >> unusual

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 03:20:06PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > remove-empties () > { > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage: $FUNCNAME directories ... > removes any empty directories under the directories given after > prompting." 1>&2 && return 1; > local IFS=" > "; >

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-09 Thread David Wright
On Tue 08 May 2018 at 22:39:55 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2018-05-08 at 13:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 05/08/2018 10:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > > >> Have you tried > >> > >> stat /home/richard/.local/share/Trash/expunged/1449727740/grub2 > >> problem-2018-02-13/ > >> > >>

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-09 Thread Richard Hector
On 10/05/18 00:28, Richard Owlett wrote: >> /home/richard/.local/share/Trash/expunged/1449727740/ >> └── grub2 problem-2018-02-13 >>     └── grub2 problem-2018-02-13 >>     └── grub2 problem-2018-02-13 >>     └── grub2 problem-2018-02-13 >>     └── grub2 problem-2018-02-13

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-05-09 at 08:28, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/08/2018 09:39 PM, The Wanderer wrote: >> If you haven't already, I'd recommend trying 'rm -r', *very* >> carefully, from a command prompt. (Unless you have an extremely >> unusual setup, that should avoid any possibility of an intermediary >>

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/08/2018 09:39 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2018-05-08 at 13:48, Richard Owlett wrote: [massive SNIP] What method are you using to delete it? Moving directory to trash and then emptying the trash with MATE's graphical tools. If you haven't already, I'd recommend trying 'rm -r', *very*

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-08 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-05-08 at 13:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/08/2018 10:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote: >> Have you tried >> >> stat /home/richard/.local/share/Trash/expunged/1449727740/grub2 >> problem-2018-02-13/ >> >> and/or a 'ls' of the same directory? > > After adding required quotation marks:

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Tue 08 May 2018 at 11:38:52 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2018-05-08 at 11:10, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 05/07/2018 07:01 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> richard@debian-jan13:~$ stat / | fgrep Device > >>> Device: 80eh/2062d Inode: 2

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/08/2018 10:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2018-05-08 at 11:10, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/07/2018 07:01 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: richard@debian-jan13:~$ stat / | fgrep Device Device: 80eh/2062d Inode: 2 Links: 22 richard@debian-jan13:~$ stat

Re: Running of rrequested tests - [was Re: Backup problem using "cp"]

2018-05-08 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-05-08 at 11:10, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/07/2018 07:01 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> richard@debian-jan13:~$ stat / | fgrep Device >>> Device: 80eh/2062d Inode: 2 Links: 22 >>> richard@debian-jan13:~$ stat /media | fgrep Device >>>