[SOLVED] konqueror/thundar/dolphion cannot move file

[kilbertr]

Hello.

I am running Slackware 12.2 here.
I am ripping cd's with k3b.
They rip to my /home/ directory.
I am trying to move them to my USB drive.
99% of the files will move.
Occasionally, 1 of the ripped files from the cd will not be able to moved
Konqueror says "Could not write xxxxxxx"
Thundar says "Failed to open "/media/Elements/music new rip/311/Grassroots/04 - 8:16 AM.mp3" for writing (Invalid argument)."
Dolphin says: Could not write xxxxxx"

This file (and some others) cannot be moved. Interestingly, if i re-rip the song, it still cannot be moved.

I noticed the file owner ship of the ones that cannot be moved differ from the ones that can
cannot be moved: user kilbert group : users.

can be moved shows permissions: user kilbert group root

so i chgrp the file to root, but the files still cannot be moved.

any help is appreciated.
thanks

[smolloy]

It could be the name of the file that is causing the error. Try changing the name to something without a semicolon to see if that helps.

Also, try from the command line to see if the error message is any more instructive.

[kilbertr]

Tried renaming the file, it did not help. Thanks for trying.

[Freston]

USB-drives are often FAT16 or FAT32 formatted. And that can give problems sometimes when it comes to file names and sizes. I notice spaces in the file name for example.

Try renaming the file to 'testfile' or something equally unprovocative and try again to copy it.

[kilbertr]

I stand corrected, seems to be an issue with naming of the file, as I am a complete noob (<30 days on linux) I have a lot to learn.
The files can now be moved.
Thanks smolloy and freston.