Have you tried using xargs to copy folder by folder ?
The following should copy all files recursively from directory $1
to directory $2, and echo each move command just before doing it:
ls $1 | xargs -I {} -t cp -Rv $1/{} $2/{}
I'm not at my machine at the moment so it's untested.
It should work - it may be just that somewhere there are just too
many files to be passed into cp -
normally though I'd expect a too many arguments error and I'm not
seeing any such thing.
If your machine bursts in to flames, runs riot, shoots your puppies
and eats your girlfriend,
I will naturally refuse to take any responsibility.
Good luck!
W
On 17 Mar 2008, at 01:11, Tobias F. wrote:
> Same here... even Hardy crashes when copying > 14GB from USB2.0 Drive
> This is really annoying when you try to backup 500GB :(
> Still, the problem seems to kind of common, since a friend of mine
> has the same problem.
>
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> cp command freezes desktop
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158024
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