Why does after move I can get sync to work but not after cp -r *?
I have seen this happen multiple times. For example, I move a hypothetical file to a the usb disk.
$ mv somefilename.someext /media/shirish/Seagate/sometilename.someext
after this I simply say sync -
$ sync
If I do the same thing as copying it on the same hdd it would be -
$ cp -r somefolder /media/shirish/seagate/
Now if you try syncing, it goes into a sort of endless loop. Dos anybody know why ?
Update - 03/3/2016 - the data I am moving or copying is usually a media file about 300 MB in size so not much.
linux debian coreutils
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Rui F Ribeiro
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I have seen this happen multiple times. For example, I move a hypothetical file to a the usb disk.
$ mv somefilename.someext /media/shirish/Seagate/sometilename.someext
after this I simply say sync -
$ sync
If I do the same thing as copying it on the same hdd it would be -
$ cp -r somefolder /media/shirish/seagate/
Now if you try syncing, it goes into a sort of endless loop. Dos anybody know why ?
Update - 03/3/2016 - the data I am moving or copying is usually a media file about 300 MB in size so not much.
linux debian coreutils
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
How much data are you copying / moving? Are the source and the target on the same filesystem (I assume not, but it's best confirmed)?
– dhag
Mar 2 '17 at 19:04
sync can be long if you have a very high memory and it is caching a lot of things, or if the drive being written to has a lot of pending opérations (can be very long in the case of some raid disks while they are rebuilding)
– Olivier Dulac
Mar 2 '17 at 21:24
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I have seen this happen multiple times. For example, I move a hypothetical file to a the usb disk.
$ mv somefilename.someext /media/shirish/Seagate/sometilename.someext
after this I simply say sync -
$ sync
If I do the same thing as copying it on the same hdd it would be -
$ cp -r somefolder /media/shirish/seagate/
Now if you try syncing, it goes into a sort of endless loop. Dos anybody know why ?
Update - 03/3/2016 - the data I am moving or copying is usually a media file about 300 MB in size so not much.
linux debian coreutils
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
I have seen this happen multiple times. For example, I move a hypothetical file to a the usb disk.
$ mv somefilename.someext /media/shirish/Seagate/sometilename.someext
after this I simply say sync -
$ sync
If I do the same thing as copying it on the same hdd it would be -
$ cp -r somefolder /media/shirish/seagate/
Now if you try syncing, it goes into a sort of endless loop. Dos anybody know why ?
Update - 03/3/2016 - the data I am moving or copying is usually a media file about 300 MB in size so not much.
linux debian coreutils
linux debian coreutils
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
edited 10 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
40.7k1479137
40.7k1479137
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
asked Mar 2 '17 at 18:28
shirishshirish
3,82763388
3,82763388
How much data are you copying / moving? Are the source and the target on the same filesystem (I assume not, but it's best confirmed)?
– dhag
Mar 2 '17 at 19:04
sync can be long if you have a very high memory and it is caching a lot of things, or if the drive being written to has a lot of pending opérations (can be very long in the case of some raid disks while they are rebuilding)
– Olivier Dulac
Mar 2 '17 at 21:24
add a comment |
How much data are you copying / moving? Are the source and the target on the same filesystem (I assume not, but it's best confirmed)?
– dhag
Mar 2 '17 at 19:04
sync can be long if you have a very high memory and it is caching a lot of things, or if the drive being written to has a lot of pending opérations (can be very long in the case of some raid disks while they are rebuilding)
– Olivier Dulac
Mar 2 '17 at 21:24
How much data are you copying / moving? Are the source and the target on the same filesystem (I assume not, but it's best confirmed)?
– dhag
Mar 2 '17 at 19:04
How much data are you copying / moving? Are the source and the target on the same filesystem (I assume not, but it's best confirmed)?
– dhag
Mar 2 '17 at 19:04
sync can be long if you have a very high memory and it is caching a lot of things, or if the drive being written to has a lot of pending opérations (can be very long in the case of some raid disks while they are rebuilding)
– Olivier Dulac
Mar 2 '17 at 21:24
sync can be long if you have a very high memory and it is caching a lot of things, or if the drive being written to has a lot of pending opérations (can be very long in the case of some raid disks while they are rebuilding)
– Olivier Dulac
Mar 2 '17 at 21:24
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How much data are you copying / moving? Are the source and the target on the same filesystem (I assume not, but it's best confirmed)?
– dhag
Mar 2 '17 at 19:04
sync can be long if you have a very high memory and it is caching a lot of things, or if the drive being written to has a lot of pending opérations (can be very long in the case of some raid disks while they are rebuilding)
– Olivier Dulac
Mar 2 '17 at 21:24