Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting to backup current partition to a USB connected 1 TB drive. > > I get: > >> root@debian-jan13:/home/richard# cp -ax / "/media/richard/MISC >> backups/dev_sda14/" >> cp: cannot stat '/media/richard/MISC >> backups/dev_sda14/home/richard/.local/share/Trash/expunged/73080846/grub2 >> problem-2018-02-13/grub2 problem-2018-02-13/grub2 >> problem-2018-02-13/grub2 problem-2018-02-13/grub2 >> problem-2....018-02-13/grub2 problem-2018-02-13': File name too long > > After multiple re-readings of man page for cp I suspect: > > -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY > copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY > > -T, --no-target-directory > treat DEST as a normal file > > but am actually quite lost. > HELP please. > TIA
the filename (including path) is too long for 'cp' to handle. Might also hold true for other tools (e.g. rsync). perhaps just completely empty the trash? -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
