On Mon, 15 May 2023 00:32:01 +0000 Albretch Mueller <lbrt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> when I try to save or download a file I consistently get the same > error message: > > $ cp "No space left on device" > No_space_left_on_device.txt > bash: No_space_left_on_device.txt: No space left on device That *shouldn't* work. I get: charles@jhegaala:~$ cp "No space left on device" > No_space_left_on_device.txt cp: missing destination file operand after 'No space left on device' Try 'cp --help' for more information. charles@jhegaala:~$ But I do get a file created with length 0. Try echo instead of cp: charles@jhegaala:~$ echo "No space left on device" > No_space_left_on_device.txt charles@jhegaala:~$ cat No_space_left_on_device.txt No space left on device charles@jhegaala:~$ ll No_space_left_on_device.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 charles charles 24 May 14 21:04 No_space_left_on_device.txt charles@jhegaala:~$ Also, I have no reason to believe from what you've shown that your current directory is /media/user/60320G593EB7250F. Did you run cd /media/user/60320G593EB7250F before running the above commands? I would expect to get an out-of-space error if I were still on the CD. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
