Is there a bug in File Manager?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Dienstag, den 14.04.2020, 13:54 +0800 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii
Teo En Ming:
> Subject: Is there a bug in File Manager?
> 
> Good afternoon from Singapore,
> 
> I am using Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Desktop Edition with GNOME Desktop 
> Manager.
> 
> There was an incident when I was trying to do backup. I tried to
> copy 
> files and folders from my home directory to portable external
> harddrives 
> but noticed many files and folders were not copied over.
> 
> Is there a bug in File Manager?

No error message at all?

You could try to do it in a terminal and see if there are any error
messages. Open a terminal by typing "terminal" in the activities
overview. There should appear on icon with the title "Terminal" under
it. Click that. A terminal window should appear.

Make sure your external harddisk is connected to the computer.

Then try to copy over one of your files/directories. To do this, type
this in the terminal:

cp -a ~/YOURFILE /media/USERNAME/HARDDISK

Replace "YOURFILE" with the name of a file/directory in your home
directory, which doesn't get copied when using the file manager, like
you did. You can use auto-completion (press "tab") after typing a view
letters. 

Replace USERNAME with your user name and HARDDISK with the name of your
harddisk. Simply type "/media/" and press "tab" twice (that's auto-
completion again). This should fill in "USERNAME/HARDDISK"
automagically.

See if there are any error messages, and post them to the list, if any.
(To copy the message, drag over with the left mouse key. Then go to the
message compose window and press the middle mouse key.)

> Could you recommend a reliable way to backup files and folders (no 
> skipping of files and folders)?

Using Nautilus, the file manager, should be a reliable way...


Good luck,
Volker