Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:49:29 -0400 From: Chris <cpuburner@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants Message-ID: <CAKFHi=9iOHXYfPcSNWBwu9atev7c08x3uhOeHsPQVxOLCLeSsQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y72kziZi%2BoKAaoa-46-0ng6jVjF%2Bo1HQQt0gC7J_Cxt=xA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKFHi=_W_sC-agEEpq%2Bco9MvvqBt1Ee3W8VEtL-sKwkYa-7yAg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y72KKXkTca69QsqNLj44BgMOEmMNVERA5VCv1d-4MfU7VA@mail.gmail.com> <44d3d6paww.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <CAKFHi=_w41q5mh06=FhewoGFk%2BkyGzi1UPW=eRT35HDdv8%2Bw8Q@mail.gmail.com> <44ty6insu2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <CAHu1Y72Mkh0J-b0KmZ0QP7AZacEHXsrN_4k5i2usjBHjmMkugw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFHi=9Nh12%2BOJR_7ug0L3OocFFQpNOuE5i4XtFY8pyj4Td1Gw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y72kziZi%2BoKAaoa-46-0ng6jVjF%2Bo1HQQt0gC7J_Cxt=xA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Chris <cpuburner@gmail.com> wrote: >> I apologize for the lack of detail. The command I'm using is: >> ( cd /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads/ ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd >> /mnt/usb ; tar xf - ) > > Show, don't tell. What does tar report when you run it? > The following messages display: ./: Can't set user=921/group=921 for . ./Reboot S1 - 01 [3FD6C4B2].mkv: Can't create 'Reboot S1 - 01 [3FD6C4B2].mkv' The last message (can't create) repeats for all files in the directory. Running 'ls -al /mnt/usb' yields: drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 32768 Dec 31 1979 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Nov 5 03:04 .. Where /mnt/usb was originally empty in the first place.
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