<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036">Yesterday I made a backup copy of my node (Pi 2 based) in preparation for some control/script changes.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036">Later yesterday the control/script changes were made, but I did not have a chance to review or test until this morning.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34140">The method of the copying was through BitVise SFTP, selecting then dragging the highlighted files/folders to a local folder on my PC. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34141"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34142"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34143">It appears that those files actually did get copied this morning.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr">Only a bit later did I try testing the control/script changes on the node and a few worked as expected, a few others unsure.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr">I went to look at the files changed to see if I had the command (DTMF) strings correct and notice in the SFTP window that MANY files on the node now show zero bytes. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr">OMG!?!?! How/what zero'd out files that I was merely copying?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr">I tried to SFTP a couple of the files back into the node and while I see what appears to be a successful copy status, the file still shows zero bytes. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr">Before I down the node and put the SD card in the PC to view the file system there, or in my Mac... and try to copy them back from the supposedly successful backup.<br><br>Has anyone got a clue about such an event?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459656337777_34036" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>