I'm experiencing this bug as well with ~/.me-tv/video.fifo . I too was attempting to backup my home directory. The gvfs transfer freezes, and opening properties on the file freezes nautilus. Trusty old cp got the job done instead.
-- impossible to copy files with p (pipe) flag https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259505 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is the registrant for gvfs. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs