Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:53:22 +0200 From: Chantry Xavier <x.chantry@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cp fails copying file from ext2 partition Message-ID: <20050913165322.42db8a7b.x.chantry@wanadoo.fr>
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Hi, I've an external usb hard drive using ext2 filesystem, mounted in /mnt/usb (/dev/da0s1 on /mnt/usb (ext2fs, local)). I can't copy any non empty files from the ext2 partition to somewhere else (the ext2 partition itself or my local freebsd filesystem). # cd /mnt/usb # echo "foo" > file # cp file file2 cp: file: Invalid argument cp creates an empty file2 instead of a file containing "foo". If the source file is empty, cp creates an empty target file without displaying any errors. I tried with another ext2 partition I had on a local hard disk, it failed the same way. Note that mv works just fine, so as a workaround, I can move the file to my local hard disk, then copy it again to the ext2 partition. midnight commander works just fine too, I guess it isnt using cp directly, maybe cpio. Output of uname -a : FreeBSD mybox.maison 6.0-BETA4 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4 #3: Sun Sep 11 18:01:53 CEST 2005 xav@mybox.maison:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 Cheers, Xav
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