Greetings, lostbits! > I use cp as my backup tool from disk to USB. There are maybe 40,000 > files involved and each one has a message of > "cp: preserving permissions for <file>’: Not supported". These messages > slow down the backup and obscure meaningful faults. Is there any option > for removing the messages?
> My command line is: cp <directory> /<usb> If your USB is formatted in FAT, then --preserve=none will get rid of these messages. As FAT doesn't really support anything at all. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, May 20, 2016 20:49:46 Sorry for my terrible english...
