Thunar: HTML File Copy Error

[Penguinista]

Recently, I changed to using Opera to download complete HTML websites (HTML + images) from the internet and save to various folders. Also, I backup my files periodically by using Thunar by copying to a USB Flash Drive. For some reason, Thunar will not copy these HTML files and folders to my USB Flash Drive (it copies everything else). I receive error messages such as, "Cannot copy [path . . . file] to [path . . . file] - invalid argument". Why is this? Would it be a configuration problem with Opera?

BTW, I gave up on Firefox. It would not open saved HTML files from Thunar (right click).

[stretchedthin]

Right click on these files and see what the permissions are, you may have the ability as user to read these files but not write them.

[Penguinista]

My permissions are:

Owner (user richard) - read and write
Group (user richard) - read only
Others - read only

[toothandnail]

Recently, I changed to using Opera to download complete HTML websites (HTML + images) from the internet and save to various folders. Also, I backup my files periodically by using Thunar by copying to a USB Flash Drive. For some reason, Thunar will not copy these HTML files and folders to my USB Flash Drive (it copies everything else). I receive error messages such as, "Cannot copy [path . . . file] to [path . . . file] - invalid argument". Why is this? Would it be a configuration problem with Opera?

What file system is used on your flash drive? You could also try copying the files using something like MC - that may produce a clearer error message if it has a problem.

BTW, I gave up on Firefox. It would not open saved HTML files from Thunar (right click).

Strange. Works here without problems.

Paul.

[Andy Price]

BTW, I gave up on Firefox. It would not open saved HTML files from Thunar (right click).

Strange. Works here without problems.
Paul.

Maybe it's a common problem as it doesn't work for me either. When I double click on a saved web page then Firefox opens a series of tabs, all with "File not found" error messages. But if I right click and choose open with Opera (or Chrome) then the saved page opens correctly. I guess it's something to do with paths but I've never bothered to look into it since the other browsers work ok.

Andy