On 10/04/2012 08:15 AM, Matthew Burgess wrote: > 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. >
No I do a sync in the term after the copy and then wait for kde to umount -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
