the trailing space perplexed me a couple of months ago. that is what I thought the problem here was initially but that proved to be incorrect. On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:24 PM, subscriptions wrote: > I looked this up a few months ago and what I discovered was that legal > file names can consist of spaces and visible UTF8 characters and > only characters which are used for file (system) syntax are restricted > from becoming part of the file syntax. There is one other exception > to this and that is that is trailing spaces are not allowed. My memory > here is not absolutely certain but note that Firefox will convert the most > ridiculous web page title into a file name and save the page for you. > > On 09/01/2016 11:47 AM, Michael wrote: > > ABC? Nbs? > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Anon Anon wrote: > >> ABC always be camelcase. Nbs never be spacing >> >> On Sep 1, 2016 08:40, "Michael" wrote: >> >>> well, because of me thinking about this fire stuff I thought I should >>> back up my system but I get an error: >>> >>> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before >>> /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk >>> rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Docu >>> ments/Business/Photography/PropertyPhotographing/PrivateClients/Carmen >>> Bongiovani/2016/20160728/.11 Wedgewood Ln,\#012Palm Coast, FL 32164.54RzTX" >>> failed: Invalid argument (22) >>> rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) >>> (code 23) at main.c(1183) [sender=3.1.0] >>> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ >>> >>> So I use the gui to copy the file that won't copy which results in the >>> 'invalid file name'. Before I tried to copy it I looked for the offending >>> file in the originating directory but it is not there: >>> >>> bmike1@MikesBeast ~/Documents/Business/Photograp >>> hy/PropertyPhotographing/PrivateClients/Carmen Bongiovani/2016/20160728 >>> $ ls -a >>> . .. 11 Wedgewood Ln,?Palm Coast, FL 32164 jpg jpg2 Raw Working >>> Working2 >>> >>> and I looked for it in the destination directory: >>> >>> bmike1@MikesBeast /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Docum >>> ents/Business/Photography/PropertyPhotographing/PrivateClients/Carmen >>> Bongiovani/2016/20160728 $ ls -a >>> . .. jpg jpg2 Raw Working Working2 >>> >>> I'm so pleased with myself! I noticed the forward slash and the #012 and >>> I figured I had pressed while naming the file (must be the >>> line feed character) and that #012 is the ascii character for a space so I >>> went into the file manager and deleted that portion and it copies fine now. >>> It is so exciting when I figure things out for my self >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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~(-: