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Linux copy to fat32 filesystem: invalid argument

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Problem

When I copy files from an ext3 partition to a fat32 one using cp: I get invalid argument messages for all files with colons and question marks in. Is there any way to get cp to strip out the invalid characters for the target filesystem? edit: I've checked through cp's options again, and unless I'm …

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cp -R /ext3/stuff /fat32/partition/

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Fix for: Linux copy to fat32 filesystem: invalid argument

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The usual suspects when you want complex copies or renames are GNU cp, zmv from zsh, rsync and pax (or cpio). There's no rename feature in cp, nor (I think) in rsync. While zmv can rename, this doesn't mesh well with recursive copies. But pax can do…

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