On 28/06/12 05:45, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:
How can df report MiBs available while cp reports "No space left on device"? peter@dalton:~$ df /media/43* Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdd1 498648 18840 479808 4% /media/4345-A417 peter@dalton:~$ ls -l Mail.Text -rw------- 1 peter peter 1511 Jun 27 20:28 Mail.Text peter@dalton:~$ cp Mail.Text /media/43* cp: cannot create regular file `/media/4345-A417/Mail.Text': No space left on device Thanks for any ideas, ... Peter E.
Are there too many files in target folder? Is the media readonly? -- "Confidence is what you have before you understand a problem" - Woody Allen