file copy problem: filename too long

[Tom Cloyd]

Aere,

First, that's a question I've never encountered before, and I really don't
know what you're asking. But Google seems to, and one answer I got was to
issue a *df -T* command to get filesystem information.

So, here's the response I get on my *desk top*, with the USB HD
(/media/tomc/data) mounted:

tomc at LDT:/$ df -T
Filesystem          Type     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev                devtmpfs   1530592         0   1530592   0% /dev
tmpfs               tmpfs       309092      5256    303836   2% /run
/dev/sda1           ext4     304448824 165895764 123064908  58% /
tmpfs               tmpfs      1545448       740   1544708   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs               tmpfs         5120         4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs               tmpfs      1545448         0   1545448   0%
/sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs               tmpfs       309092        12    309080   1%
/run/user/1000
/home/tomc/.Private ecryptfs 304448824 165895764 123064908  58% /home/tomc
/dev/sdb1           ext4     153704484  55642056  90231596  39%
/media/tomc/data
tomc at LDT:/$

And on my *netbook* (USB HD is not mounted):

tomc at LT:~$ df -T
Filesystem                   Type     1K-blocks     Used Available Use%
Mounted on
udev                         devtmpfs    497380        0    497380   0% /dev
tmpfs                        tmpfs       101656    13328     88328  14% /run
/dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root ext4     152432756 28978632 115687904  21% /
tmpfs                        tmpfs       508276       76    508200   1%
/dev/shm
tmpfs                        tmpfs         5120        4      5116   1%
/run/lock
tmpfs                        tmpfs       508276        0    508276   0%
/sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1                    ext2        240972    72053    156478  32%
/boot
cgmfs                        tmpfs          100        0       100   0%
/run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs                        tmpfs       101656       12    101644   1%
/run/user/1000
tomc at LT:~$

Something I might mention which could have bearing. For professional
reasons, I need to have at least my main personal account directory
encrypted.  So, I took the encryption option offered when installing
Lubuntu (I had been running Kubuntu). But I didn't get the same response
for both desktop and netbook. (Recall that with the netbook I am NOT having
this filelength copy issue).

I neglected to take notes, and cannot reliably recall, but on one of the
installs I WAS able to encrypt the whole disk. On the other install, the
installer refused to do that and would only let me encrypt /home. Can you
tell, looking at the above, which machine has only /home encrypted?

I hope this is the information you need. Thanks for your help. Much
appreciated.

Tom

On 09/25/2015 09:17 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:

Tom:

What type of file-system was originally copied to the USB hard-drive, and
what type of file-system are you copying it to?

- Aere


On 09/25/2015 04:04 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote:

I'm baffled by a problem which I'm having on my Lubuntu install [15.04] on
my Dell Inspiron which is NOT occurring on my HP Mini 110 netbook. The OS
installation on the HP netbook is identical to that on the Dell so far as I
know.

In trying to copy several large directories from a backup USB harddrive, I
get a refusal to copy on the Dell due to a number (several hundred) of
filenames' being too long.

I NEED to complete this directory copy. Can anyone advise me as to how to
resolve this problem?

Thanks!

Tom


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Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA)
Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332
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-- 
Sincerely,
Aere


-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give
birth to them,
but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

~ Gabriel García Márquez

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA)
Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332
<< tc at tomcloyd.com >> (email)
<< TomCloyd.com >> (website)
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