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I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I sometimes write a large amount of files to an external hard disk (might take an hour or so). When that copy process is over I am clicking on

Safely remove drive

after wich a message appears

Device should not be unplugged

But that message is there for a LONG time! What can I do? Wait for 30 minutes? Or a day? Or a week?

What is going on? Why does it take so long time to safely remove the device? The data has been written, so what is going on? How to improve/fix this situation?

Alex
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  • Yes maybe. So basically the information presented to the user is incorrect. – Alex Feb 09 '19 at 16:13
  • Yes, a bit perhaps. How do you copy the files? I think when copying with rsync instead of cp the command only returns when the files are really written. – PerlDuck Feb 09 '19 at 16:23
  • I use the graphical interface (which has no name; maybe nautilus?) and drag and drop the files (several folders with videos in it). – Alex Feb 09 '19 at 16:32
  • @PerlDuck I'm not sure about rsync - I use that for backup, and I still have to wait for the buffers to flush. – Charles Green Feb 09 '19 at 23:58

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