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I'm trying to copy a folder with files from a mounted volume to another mounted volume with a simple cp command.

The source folder Test only contains one 20MB .mp4 file.

cp -v -r -a /media/Online/Online/Projekte/Test /mnt/ArchivServer/Online/Projekte/

Everything looks fine, the folder structure looks good in the destination, but the files are there by name but all have 0 byte in size. It's actually 0 Byte since it can't be openend. There is also no error message.

(The file has roughly 20MB in the source)

Fairly new to Linux etc, what am I doing wrong? Unfortunately I can't find anything online about this

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    Please edit your question and tell us your operating system (you mentioned Linux in passing, so I am guessing it is some Linux or other, but it is always a good idea to tell us which, and Linux is only one of many operating systems supported here). Then, also show us the actual command you used. What was (source) and what was (destination)? Was (source) a file? A directory? Were its contents regular files? Symlinks? Something else? How large were the files in the source? Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 11:18
  • Also please mention any error messages that your cp command produces. Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 12:07
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    Question: does the file work afterwards? (I have a hunch that this might be more of a problem with the file manager you use showing the wrong size, but I might be wrong) Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 12:13
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    Quite so, @ConstantineA.B: ls -lR /mnt/ArchivServer/Online/Projekte/Test will show the reality. Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 13:41
  • Jotamam please would you run this (one line) command and put its result (two lines) into your question ls -ld /media/Online/Online/Projekte/Test/220608_Bloopers_Master.mp4 /mnt/ArchivServer/Online/Projekte/220608_Bloopers_Master.mp4. If you get No such file or directory double-check the paths and file name (you might prefer ls -ld /media/Online/Online/Projekte/Test/*.mp4 /mnt/ArchivServer/Online/Projekte/*.mp4) Commented Jan 9, 2024 at 14:51

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