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    What is the operating system, what are the filesystems of source and target? Commented Nov 24, 2024 at 17:54
  • @RomeoNinov OS is Debian, and both filesystems are ext4. The block size of the target is ext4 Commented Nov 24, 2024 at 19:46
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    Check if the number of inodes is OK, maybe the problem is there: df -i /mount/point/of/other/fs Commented Nov 24, 2024 at 19:49
  • @RomeoNinov I meant the block size of the target is 4096. In fact I'm copying to a directory with the same partition. If the inode count is a factor I will check the inode count of the source directory and see if there are enough inodes to copy it to the target. Does every file require an inode even if they are 0 bytes in size? Commented Nov 24, 2024 at 21:44
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    You must check the inodes on target, you copy there. Yes, every file and directory need at least one inode. And please provide the command you use to get these 4096 bytes. Commented Nov 25, 2024 at 5:44