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James Kilty wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 22:55 +0100, Neil Stone wrote: > > > >> what filesystem is on the usb stick ? not all fs's will allow a >> directory not to have text prior to a "." >> > > Dear Neil > > Thank you. In this case it is an old mp3 player which I think is FAT12. > I forget what we actually did use, but if it was a portable hard disk I > cannot find it except in media as FREECOM HDD which will not work with > the space (I suppose). I seem to remember he found it in a different > way. > > So. I should jump to home and call it james/.evolution? > > (2)With sudo I got the same as before all "failed to preserve ownership > for xxx: Operation not permitted" using sudo cp -a > james/.evolution /media/disk > > (1)I tried doing this with the same line without sudo and this time I get > cp: cannot create regular file '/media/disk/.evolution/<folder1 > name>:_home_james_.evolution_mail_local#<folder2 name>.xml': invalid > argument. > > At least these are the last few messages, where folder1 is e.g > mail/views/current_view-m_box and folder2 is e.g. computer_dclug_artists > (corresponding to my directory of folders for my mail). > > I am happy to keep trying. How would I find the FREECOM HDD as a file (I > think that's what he said it was)? > > tar cvjf evolution.tar.bz2 ~/.evolution ; cp evolution.tar.bz2 /mnt/pendrive/ alter as desired -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html