Cannot stat filename while copying

[pmorton]

I wish to copy a directory structure from a USB drive to a sata local drive. I get the following error message for a number of files:

cp: cannot stat `/media/disk3part1/mydirectory/my_file-name': No such file or directory'

The files nevertheless exist. Does anyone know what could be causing this?


(please ignore thread prefix - I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 - don't know why I have to add an irrelevant prefix to post!)

[|{urse]

Can you post the actual cp command you issued before recieving that error?

[pmorton]

Can you post the actual cp command you issued before recieving that error?

Yes. Here it is:

root@TonidoPlug2:/media/disk1part1/Indi/off_office_NAS# cp -r /media/disk3part1/* ./