On Sun 06 May 2018 at 13:55:32 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/06/2018 10:38 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >Le 06/05/2018 à 16:22, Richard Owlett a écrit : > >>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 > > > > > >The same pattern "grub2 problem-2018-02-13" seems to be repeated > >endlessly in the path. Could there be a loop ? > > > > > > Obviously ;/ > I thought I had broken the loop by specifying -x.
The looping has nothing to do with -x, and I see nothing that indicates -x has failed in its desired effect. The loop is generating a source filename /home/richard/.local/share/Trash/expunged/73080846/grub2 problem-2018-02-13/grub2 problem-2....018-02-13/grub2 problem-2018-02-13 which is likely within length limits, and resides on the correct filesytem. However, the destination filename is lengthened by prefixing it with /media/richard/MISC backups/dev_sda14 which takes it over the pathname's limit, which is what the error message states. Cheers, David.
