Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.
From: Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100
> Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation.
Nice analysis!
> On FAT12 (and FAT16, iirc) there is a limit of 512 files in the root
> directory. Other directories don't have this limit.
I found additional information here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_filename#Limitations
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940351
> Try creating a subdirectory on that drive and storing the files in there
instead.
That works in Debian.
peter@dalton:/media/4345-A417/Files$ for i in $(seq 1 255);do touch Longfilename $i;done
peter@dalton:/media/4345-A417/Files$ ls *25*
Longfilename125 Longfilename250 Longfilename253
Longfilename225 Longfilename251 Longfilename254
Longfilename25 Longfilename252 Longfilename255
Thanks! ... Peter E.
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