[05:04] <jared> Anyone have any idea why rsync would write folders but not the files contained?
[05:16] <bradm> no errors when syncing?
[05:17] <jared> Nope
[05:17] <jared> I should mention it's via an mtp device using go-mtp
[05:17] <jared> But to me it's really odd the folders appear but not the files
[05:17] <jared> It goes through them all like they're copying (and takes as long as it should) but just doesn't copy files.
[05:19] <blahdeblah> jared: What sort of filesystem are they going onto?
[05:20] <jared> sd card mounted via mtab
[05:20] <jared> DeviceFs(Galaxy\040S4) /media/MyAndroid fuse.DeviceFs(Galaxy\040S4) rw,nosuid,nodev,user=jared 0 0
[05:20] <blahdeblah> Are you using any time or permissions flags?
[05:20] <jared> Nope, tried with them on and off, no difference
[05:21] <blahdeblah> I've found syncing to Windows filesystems (VFAT or NTFS) is a bit flaky sometimes.
[05:21] <blahdeblah> can you show exact command?
[05:22] <jared> rsync -r -v --progress -h --no-perms /media/dumped/bigfatty/Media/Folder - MP3/ /media/MyAndroid/Card/Folder
[05:23] <jared> (the joys of new devices.....)
[05:24] <jared> I could just take it out and plug it straight to the pc but that won't help me keep it up to date over time
[05:35] <jared> I guess I'll let it run again and then trawl line by line for errors.
[05:36] <blahdeblah> jared: I would get rid of -h to start with
[05:37] <jared> Yeah, actually, looking at some lines I see some IO errors with renaming from the random extention back to the proper file names
[05:37] <blahdeblah> Yep - that's exactly what i've seen
[05:37] <jared> Doesn't explain the other stuff though
[05:37] <blahdeblah> Can't remember the workaround
[05:38] <jared> The rest of the files should still work
[05:38] <blahdeblah> I've also found sometimes the spaces in file names cause grief.
[05:38] <blahdeblah> Try replacing ' - ' with '*'
[05:39] <jared> blahdeblah: that's going to be painful, there are thousands in there. Leftover file system from pre-Ubuntu days ;)
[05:40] <blahdeblah> no, just in the rsync command
[05:40] <blahdeblah> not on the file system
[05:41] <jared> Hang on, I'll just play with the top level one that I'm using.
[05:46] <jared> rsync -r -v --progress -h --no-perms /media/dumped/bigfatty/Media/Folder /media/MyAndroid/Card/Folder
[05:46] <jared> That shows the same issues
[05:55] <Noskcaj> given that half the users online are bots, does this LoCo really exist anymore?
[05:55] <jared> Noskcaj: to a degree, it's more the main "organisers" are busy working/studying. Happy for others to step up
[05:55] <jared> blahdeblah & bradm: setting a different temp directory has helped
[05:56] <Noskcaj> jared, oh, i didn't know. i hadn't seen it active at all till a few weeks ago
[05:56] <jared> Noskcaj: no dramas, if you're keen for anything in particular I'm willing to help faciliitate but I'm working full time and studying 2 subjects at a time at uni
[05:57] <Noskcaj> no, more lurking. i'm mostly active on #xubuntu-devel and #ubuntu-quality
[05:59] <jared> Noskcaj: I noticed, I saw the application to the membership board, well done :)
[05:59] <Noskcaj> thanks
[06:00] <jared> You shoud cloak up ;)
[06:02] <jared> blahdeblah & bradm: apparently it's indicative of a permission issue so sounds like it is related to my mtpfs foo
[06:02] <jared> And that's the end of random highlighting
[06:03] <jared> Noskcaj: where abouts do you hail from if you don't mind me asking? 
[06:04] <Noskcaj> jared, armidale. and i'll get the cloak sorted out this weekend
[06:05] <jared> Noskcaj: ah, out in jpickett territory I think from memory. Well if you're a social media nut or just like writing stuff we can always use more traffic from reliable sources.
[06:05] <Noskcaj> i'll try and help
[06:07] <jared> Noskcaj: no worries let me know if you could use access to anythign
[06:10] <jared> Alrighty, I have to go off and tick another thing off my list of thigns to do this week, thanks for the assistance with rysnc and good to catch up Noskcaj 
[06:10] <Noskcaj> good bye