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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? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Quills@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Quills@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i see, will take a look on what iotop shows next time then, thank you very much!

[–] mokazemi@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you please give the result here after you checked? I got also curious if it's temporary copied to ram or disk before moving.

[–] Quills@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

okay i'll try to take a screenshot!