I'm sure that will fix it but what am I doing wrong in my attempts to rename them? $ mv *:* *=* mv: target ‘*=*’ is not a directory $ mv *:* *-* mv: target ‘darktable-1:9Download’ is not a directory $ mv *:* ./*-* mv: target ‘./darktable-1:9Download’ is not a directory On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Michael wrote: > >> the filesystem is probably FAT because it is a thumb drive.... >> rsync: mkstemp >> "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:10WaterLilyEdit.CccL3o" >> failed: Invalid argument (22) >> > > It is not possible to have a ':' character in a filename on a FAT-based > filesystem. This is because that character was used to denote which disk > drive a file was on back in the DOS days... "C:\junk\stuff.txt" and so > forth. > > I am not sure what these hidden files contain, or whether they're actually > important. You can pass the "--exclude *\:*" option to rsync to tell it to > not try to transfer files that contain ':' characters, which may help. > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: