Backing up to MS OneDrive

[Bret Busby]

On 06/03/2020, Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> Bret Busby wrote:
>
>>Just out of interest, I have not, since using Ubuntu, had (for the
>>most part) any problems in transferring MS Windows formatted USB
>>drives to Linux, as Ubuntu (for the most part) has been pretty
>>advanced in this area. I even found that, with the Samsung T5 USB
>>SSD's, that have the exFAT file formatting, whilst, in other Linux
>>distributions, drivers for that file format, need to be downloaded
>>and installed, the drivers for that format, have been natively (?) in
>>Ubuntu, from even 16.04, if not before (I think, also, in 12.04, but
>>am not absolutely sure).
>
> I've done it once and then made myself a reminder note for how to do
> it correctly that I check if it's been a while since I've done it and
> want to format one.
>
>>The only problems that I have had, in transferring files from Windows
>>formatted USB drives, applies equally to transferring (including
>>copying) files generated within Linux, and, that is where file names
>>include non-alphanumeric characters, including spaces, colons, and
>>brackets. For example, screenshots, generated in 16.04, include
>>colons in the timestamped filenames (but, not in 19.10), and, to
>>copy/transfer them, requires editing of each filename. This may also
>>apply to uploaded photographic image files, using shotwell, but, I am
>>not sure.
>
> I'm a big fan of FSlint for that. It's in the Ubuntu repositories and
> I've used it for years. If you've never used it, buckle your seat
> belt, because you're going to find a ton of stuff you need to take
> care of in your files. It's got the "Bad names" button you can click
> to check for those, with four different levels of sensitivity. You'd
> want it at at least level 3, and probably level 4 to be sure you
> catch everything. Liam might want to use this, too, to make sure
> transfers to and from OneDrive go smoothly.
>


In the 16.04 repository, in searching for fslint, I found something
named FSLint Janitor, to which, I assume you were referring. I have
installed that, and, will try it, when I have time.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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