Nothing to add, but scrubbing the data you share on a public forum is just good sense. On Sep 1, 2016 6:42 PM, "Michael" wrote: > 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~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >