On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:09:50 -0400, Baho Utot <baho-u...@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > The file system is ext3 the same as on each box. Rsync is not an option > as only the desktop machine has it at this time. > cp -av doesn't work either, the copy never happens but the result in the > term shows every thing copied and worked without any error or text > saying nothing really happened.
You're not pulling the USB drive out before a sync() call has managed to be made are you? What happens if you call 'sync' after your 'cp -av' command, then inspect it? (disclaimer: this is just a wild hunch, 'cp' may itself call sync(2), I've no idea). Ta, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
