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Old 08-29-2016, 08:17 AM   #1
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cp doesn't want ":" in file names?

I notice that cp does not want the characters like ":" in file name.

See in this list, cp says "No such file or directory" for some files which are actually exist there.
Code:
firefox-48.0.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
[msh@mshC720 ~]$ sudo cp -vn /home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/*.pkg.tar.xz /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/awesome-3.5.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/awesome-3.5.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/dbus-1.10.10-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/dbus-1.10.10-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/dialog-1:1.3_20160424-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/diffutils-3.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/diffutils-3.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/dosfstools-4.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/dosfstools-4.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/ffmpeg-1:3.1.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/ffmpeg-1:3.1.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/firefox-48.0.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/firefox-48.0.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/foomatic-db-3:20160826-1-any.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/foomatic-db-engine-4:4.0.12-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/foomatic-db-nonfree-3:20160826-1-any.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/ghostscript-9.19-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/ghostscript-9.19-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/glib2-2.48.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/glib2-2.48.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/gnome-desktop-1:3.20.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/gnome-screenshot-3.20.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gnome-screenshot-3.20.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/graphite-1:1.3.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libcanberra-0.30-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libcanberra-0.30-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libcddb-1.3.2-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libcddb-1.3.2-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libcdio-0.93-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libcdio-0.93-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libdvbpsi-1:1.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libevdev-1.5.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libevdev-1.5.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libmariadbclient-10.1.16-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libmariadbclient-10.1.16-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libmpcdec-1:0.1+r475-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/librsvg-2:2.40.16-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libshout-1:2.4.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libx264-2:148.20160613-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/libxdg-basedir-1.2.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libxdg-basedir-1.2.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/linux-4.7.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-4.7.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/lua-lgi-0.9.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/lua-lgi-0.9.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/man-db-2.7.5-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/man-db-2.7.5-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/mariadb-10.1.16-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/mariadb-10.1.16-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/mariadb-clients-10.1.16-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/mariadb-clients-10.1.16-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/menumaker-0.99.9-1-any.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/menumaker-0.99.9-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/notification-daemon-3.20.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/notification-daemon-3.20.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/python2-xdg-0.25-3-any.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/python2-xdg-0.25-3-any.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/rasqal-1:0.9.33-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/redland-1:1.0.17-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-2-any.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/tdb-1.3.10-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/tdb-1.3.10-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/vi-1:070224-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/wmctrl-1.07-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/wmctrl-1.07-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/wpa_supplicant-1:2.5-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xcb-util-cursor-0.1.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xcb-util-cursor-0.1.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xcb-util-image-0.4.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xcb-util-image-0.4.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xcb-util-wm-0.4.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xcb-util-wm-0.4.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xcompmgr-1.1.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xcompmgr-1.1.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
cp: cannot stat '/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+697+g12c14de-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
'/home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/xorg-xmessage-1.0.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' -> '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-xmessage-1.0.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
How can I workround that?
 
Old 08-29-2016, 08:22 AM   #2
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my cp works with : without any problems, you may need to check if those files are really there and really readable.
 
Old 08-29-2016, 08:46 AM   #3
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In the hope that it may shed some light on the problem, can you please paste the output from:

ls -la /home/msh/tmp/mshpkg/*.pkg.tar.xz
 
Old 08-29-2016, 11:54 AM   #4
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cannot reproduce:
Code:
~ $ touch a:b:c
~ $ cp a:b:c a:b:c:d
~ $ ls *:*
a:b:c  a:b:c:d
~ $ touch dialog-1:1.3_20160424-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
~ $ cp dialog-1:1.3_20160424-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz dialog-1:1.3_20160424-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xyz
~ $ ls *:*
a:b:c    dialog-1:1.3_20160424-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xyz
a:b:c:d  dialog-1:1.3_20160424-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
~ $ pacwhich cp
/usr/bin/cp is owned by coreutils 8.25-2
 
Old 08-29-2016, 09:54 PM   #5
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Actually I am trying to copy package files over local network using samba.
~/tmp is mountpoint of another machine's samba share folder.

I think it is the reason.

when I try it on the same machine like this:
Code:
$ cp /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*.pkg.tar.xz ~/pkg/
it works perfect.
 
Old 08-30-2016, 08:35 AM   #6
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That makes sense, since samba is an implementation of a Windows protocol, and Windows file systems don't like ':' in file/folder names.
 
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