[kdepim-users] Moving KMail to another computer

[Martin (KDE)]

Am Freitag, 2. Januar 2009 schrieb Peter777:
> Hi,
>
> Started to copy all of the KMail data (mail folders) and config to
> a USB stick, to copy it to another computer.
>
> Not all files were copied to the USB stick.  :(
>
> Got an error message:
>
> =======
> 02/01/09 10:30:31 PM  Unable to copy 1230025101.8449.JS50b:2,S:
> Cannot create file
> "/media/KINGSTON_/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/.Temp.directory/ISP/cu
>r/1230025101.8449.JS50b:2,S". Invalid argument
> ========
>
> This was using Beyond Compare. I tried with Nautilus and Konqueror,
> but same error/problem. The USB stick is definitely not full,
> checked that and even deleted loads of files from it.
>
> Here is one of the files that was copied:
>
> ======
> ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/.Temp/ISP/cur/1230025102.8449.2uGZo
> ========
>
> so , Ubuntu doesn't like the strange looking filename, with a colon
> and a comma in it, maybe ??
>
> It's definitely not a permissions problem either, as I have full
> read and write access to the USB stick (and to the KMail folders).
>
> Also, tried a copy command (at terminal - cp ) , and got the same
> message, no way does it like the colons in the filename. It didn't
> copy the POP3 files either, as they have colons in them.
>
> Any clues how to fix this please  ?  I'm using KMail 1.9.10 , but
> that seems irrelevant, when the operating system spits the dummy on
> the filename.  :)

Don't copy the files unless you have set the destination filesystem to 
be compatilbe with the source one. Usually USB sticks uses FAT32 or 
similar, which do not support some characters and most important do 
not support owner and permission settings.

please try tar or zip for backup

>
>
> Peter
>

Martin
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