On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 08:29:51AM -0400, Baho Utot wrote: > 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
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