[Bug 1389001] Re: Can not copy files by cp from Samsung S5 Mini in GVFS in MTP mode

2014-11-11 Thread Jarno Suni
I wouldn't need partial copying, but I wish gvfs-copy could preserve modification time and copy only files that are not already in the destination. (Something like cp --update --recursive --preserve=timestamps ) Or at least copy only files that are not (by same name) in the destination. -- You re

[Bug 1389001] Re: Can not copy files by cp from Samsung S5 Mini in GVFS in MTP mode

2014-11-10 Thread Philip Langdale
That's unfortunate. Basically, without those google extensions, MTP can only do full-file copies. It can read a file off the device or send a file. It can't let you read a little bit of a file, or selectively update part of a file. This makes it mechancially impossible to do any incremental operati

[Bug 1389001] Re: Can not copy files by cp from Samsung S5 Mini in GVFS in MTP mode

2014-11-10 Thread Jarno Suni
My phone is not in the list of supported devices. It is a shame gvfs- copy does not have --update option. And what is the equivalent for rsync? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1389001] Re: Can not copy files by cp from Samsung S5 Mini in GVFS in MTP mode

2014-11-09 Thread Philip Langdale
This is due to the limitations in non-Google mtp stacks. You cannot do direct file access, which makes it impossible to do low level file copies like this. The file managers use the gvfs api that allows file copies. From the command line you can use the gvfs-copy utility. You could also install cy