[YLUG] mv and cp to NAS via samba

[mike cloaked]

Is it possible to mount the nas share on a mount point on your own
system?  (eg cifs mount).  Then copying or mv'ing should be
straighforward. I am not sure if rsync would work directly on the smb:
link?

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:12 PM, nigel white <xm2 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Any ideas? I am having trouble copying and moving files via samba. I
> want to copy files from my own machine to a network attached storage
> (NAS) drive called qserver.
>
> I can see smb://qserver/q/temp in the gui file browser.
>
> When I do
> mv /home/nigel/Documents/other/test2.txt smb://qserver/q/temp
> I get
> mv: cannot move `/home/nigel/Documents/other/test2.txt' to
> `smb://qserver/q/temp': No such file or directory
>
> When I do
> cp /home/nigel/Documents/other/test2.txt smb://qserver/q/temp
> I get
> cp: cannot create regular file `smb://qserver/q/temp': No such file or
> directory
>
> When I use the gui file browser to copy the file, I get
> Error while copying test2.txt. Connection timed out.
>
> The NAS is a QNAP TS-109 Pro with embedded linux including a samba
> server. www.qnap.co.uk
>
> Please phrase any suggestions gently, as I am still a newbie though I've
> been using linux every day since your last installfest.
>
> Many thanks
> Nigel
> Leeds
>
>
>
>
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mike