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Will copying files from one external drive to another create write tasks for my machine internal drive? how does that work? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Quills to c/[email protected]

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So, i use linux with kde and was copying some gigabytes of files from a smartphone to a usb device and while doing that the system monitor kept showing that it was writing some mb/s and i got curious, is said writing happening to my ssd or is it just talking about the usb drive?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For files on your phone transferred via MTP, when you open a file directly, it copies it to a temporary folder then you can play the file or open the document, then delete them after you close/disconnect. So transferring files might copy it to the temp folder on your SSD first before moving it.

[–] Quills 3 points 1 year ago

oh, yeah that's a possibility