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Dec 24 17:19:28 <gldemoor> hello all, I've a issue with cp, part of coreutils 6.12, could someone please tell where to turn to?
Dec 24 17:30:56 <mwester> Nobody knows unless you describe the nature of your issue, of course.
Dec 24 17:36:43 <gldemoor> my problem: for some subfolders cp -al returns a message:
Dec 24 17:36:44 * chrisb uses cp on nslu2 slugosbe
Dec 24 17:36:46 <gldemoor> cp: setting permissions for `test/Expert/prog': Function not implemented
Dec 24 17:37:10 <gldemoor> the contents of that folder are not copied at all, resulting in an empty target folder
Dec 24 17:37:50 <gldemoor> this occurs for some of the subfolders, not all of them. why some do and others not, I have not yet found out
Dec 24 17:38:46 <gldemoor> as a result from this issue, a rsync session will copy unchanged data again 
Dec 24 17:40:40 <gldemoor> (to be complete: cp -al creates links instead of copies of the files/folders)
Dec 24 17:41:37 <mwester> gldemoor:  what is the type of the filesystem that you are copying to/from?
Dec 24 17:41:52 <mwester> That's usually a filesystem limitation, not a cp problem.
Dec 24 17:42:12 <gldemoor> the device is a synology ds207+, i think it is ext3 (will check)
Dec 24 17:43:52 <gldemoor> yep ext3.
Dec 24 17:45:31 <gldemoor> the command duplicates a folder on the same filesystem (part of daily backup) fe.: cp -al Monday Tuesday
Dec 24 17:48:38 <gldemoor> the problem happens only for some of the subfolders not all of them.
Dec 24 17:49:59 <gldemoor> oops, i have to run.  xmas diner.   best wishes for all. thanks for helping. I'll try to catch up later.
Dec 25 02:15:24 <Evilcom> Hi
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