file copy problem: filename too long

[Aere Greenway]

Tom:

What type of file-system was originally copied to the USB hard-drive, 
and what type of file-system are you copying it to?

- Aere


On 09/25/2015 04:04 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote:
> I'm baffled by a problem which I'm having on my Lubuntu install 
> [15.04] on my Dell Inspiron which is NOT occurring on my HP Mini 110 
> netbook. The OS installation on the HP netbook is identical to that on 
> the Dell so far as I know.
>
> In trying to copy several large directories from a backup USB 
> harddrive, I get a refusal to copy on the Dell due to a number 
> (several hundred) of filenames' being too long.
>
> I NEED to complete this directory copy. Can anyone advise me as to how 
> to resolve this problem?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom
>
>
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> Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers 
> give birth to them,
> but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.
>
> ~ Gabriel García Márquez
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> Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA)
> Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders)
> Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332
> << tc at tomcloyd.com <mailto:tc at tomcloyd.com> >> (email)
> << TomCloyd.com >> (website)
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-- 
Sincerely,
Aere

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