Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.

2012-06-30 Thread Chris Davies
Keith McKenzie wrote: > It was about cp reporting 'no space left on device', whilst df said that > there was space available. The OS reported "No space left on device" (or more accurately, errno 28: ENOSPC) to cp. Rather than trying to guess whether this really meant what it said or whether it wa

Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.

2012-06-30 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 29 June 2012 23:41, Doug wrote: > On 06/29/2012 05:29 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > >> From: Dom >> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 >> >>> Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation. >>> >> /snip/ > > I've looked at this thread a number of times, but I was then and

Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.

2012-06-29 Thread Doug
On 06/29/2012 05:29 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Dom Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation. /snip/ I've looked at this thread a number of times, but I was then and still am puzzled. According to "Linux in a Nutshell," by S