"Invalid cross-device link"

[bluenotemkvi]

I suspect this is a linux-specific problem, though I haven't tested it on Windows.

I'm comparing two directories in my home directory. One is a regular directory, the other is a mount point for a separate partition on my disk (FAT32 file system, if that matters). Files are read correctly but when trying to move from one to the other I get this error for each directory:

Unable to move <directory name>: Invalid cross-device link

[Dave_L]

I can confirm this on MEPIS 7, with Cirrus build 448.

Both KDE drag-drop and the shell command "mv" handle this situation correctly. I suppose they effectively do a copy followed by a delete, since a "rename" isn't possible between different file systems.

[Jacques]

Thanks, yes it appears that copying is successful but moves fail.

[Jacques]

This should work in the next release.