I was doing some merging of data from an old dataset to the working dataset MICRON/HOME, and as part of that I have an OldLibrary folder and a Library folder sitting side by side in my non-admin user's future home directory under ZFS, at /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt. The Library folder was ditto'ed from the boot drive at /Users/userkurt/Library to /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library. The OldLibrary folder is the former Library folder (simply renamed with mv) from when this whole dataset was stilling living under Mojave/ZFS 1.9.4.
So, I do the ditto command to copy over the Thunderbird support files buried in OldLibrary:
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sh-3.2# pwd
/Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt
sh-3.2# ls Library/ | less
sh-3.2# ditto OldLibrary/Thunderbird/Profiles Library/Thunderbird/Profiles
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/ImapMail/mail.messagingengine.com/.BC.T_CbMaJh: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_SWDxZq: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_2QeXBn: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_Y1ukLa: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_dVi28t: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_JLZkbm: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_eJaPMD: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_1FmpBI: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/.BC.T_qCUQ7I: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/Local Folders/.BC.T_E5U97I: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/Local Folders/.BC.T_lqhLDg: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/Local Folders/.BC.T_5pk8Cw: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/Local Folders/.BC.T_u7xIp2: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/smart mailboxes/.BC.T_mxhs8j: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/smart mailboxes/.BC.T_ZA1HRP: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/smart mailboxes/.BC.T_TwsrCF: Result too large
ditto: /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/Mail/smart mailboxes/.BC.T_yC9Nog: Result too large
Huh, I think, that is strange that I've got these huge files that don't fit in the 183GB available space. I've never seen ditto complain about files being too large before. So I go looking for these large files, but I don't find them with ls:
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sh-3.2# ls -A - a -l /Volumes/MICRON/HOME/Users/userkurt/OldLibrary/Thunderbird/Profiles/00b83lu0.Userkurt/
total 1049737
drwx------@ 18 userkurt staff 105 Nov 30 22:07 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 userkurt staff 4 Dec 20 2010 ..
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 6148 Jul 23 2014 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 27 21:26 .parentlock
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 2799 Nov 28 22:48 AlternateServices.txt
drwxr-xr-x 9 userkurt staff 19 Jun 26 2020 ImapMail
drwxr-xr-x 9 userkurt staff 10 Jan 12 2014 Mail
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 0 Aug 21 2021 SecurityPreloadState.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 3009 Nov 28 21:33 SiteSecurityServiceState.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 4 Oct 20 2020 Telemetry.ShutdownTime.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 751911 Apr 9 2014 TestPilotErrorLog.log
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 userkurt staff 5 Apr 9 2012 TestPilotExperimentFiles
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 userkurt staff 4 Dec 7 2006 US
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 450141 Oct 11 2020 abook.mab.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1015808 Oct 7 08:23 abook.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1015808 Aug 30 2021 abook.v2.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1015808 Jul 2 16:35 abook.v3.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 2366 Nov 27 21:26 addonStartup.json.lz4
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 24 Nov 28 21:31 addons.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 524288 Aug 2 2014 addons.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 524288 Aug 4 2014 blist.sqlite
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 575337 Dec 2 2018 blocklist-addons.json
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 27953 Apr 22 2017 blocklist-gfx.json
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 139100 Sep 14 2018 blocklist-plugins.json
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 961517 Oct 20 2020 blocklist.xml
drwx------ 2 userkurt staff 4 Dec 9 2019 blocklists
drwx------ 3 userkurt staff 3 Oct 24 2020 browser-extension-data
drwx------ 3 userkurt staff 6 Nov 30 22:07 calendar-data
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 393216 Dec 23 2018 cert8.db
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 425984 Jul 4 10:17 cert9.db
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 769 Jun 12 2015 cert_override.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 98304 Oct 9 2013 chromeappsstore.sqlite
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 220 Nov 27 21:26 compatibility.ini
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 175952 Nov 30 2011 compreg.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 229376 Oct 28 2020 content-prefs.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 524288 Oct 7 08:23 cookies.sqlite
drwx------@ 3 userkurt staff 4 Nov 27 21:27 crashes
drwx------ 3 userkurt staff 5 Nov 30 22:07 datareporting
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 23 May 21 2022 directoryTree.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 112 Jul 2 16:35 encrypted-openpgp-passphrase.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 98304 Oct 24 2020 enigmail.sqlite
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 801 Aug 30 2021 extension-preferences.json
drwxr-xr-x 3 userkurt staff 3 Jun 14 2021 extensions
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 187 Dec 23 2018 extensions.ini
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 26484 Nov 28 21:35 extensions.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 3482 Nov 30 2011 extensions.rdf
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 458752 Aug 2 2014 extensions.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 5242880 Sep 4 2021 favicons.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 125284 Nov 30 22:07 folderCache.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 2099 Nov 17 2018 folderTree-1.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 2581 Nov 30 22:07 folderTree.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 262144 Aug 30 2021 formhistory.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 971866112 Nov 30 21:54 global-messages-db.sqlite
drwx------ 3 userkurt staff 3 Apr 27 2017 gmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1368 Jul 2 16:35 handlers.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 229768 Oct 20 2020 history.mab.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1441792 Nov 30 22:07 history.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1441792 Aug 30 2021 history.v2.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 1441792 Jul 2 16:35 history.v3.sqlite
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 62941 Jan 10 2021 junklog.html
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 16384 Dec 23 2018 key3.db
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 294912 Dec 16 2018 key4.db
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 2097152 Dec 9 2019 kinto.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 39811 Jun 17 2015 localstore.rdf
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 11571 Jun 26 2020 logins-backup.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 11631 Jul 2 16:35 logins.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 482 Jan 10 2010 mailViews.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 7589 Jun 8 2017 mimeTypes.rdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 userkurt staff 2 Jun 5 2019 minidumps
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 229376 Oct 24 2020 openpgp.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 13312 Nov 28 21:05 permissions.sqlite
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 895 Dec 16 2018 pkcs11.txt
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 5242880 Nov 30 22:07 places.sqlite
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 228 Oct 4 2020 pluginreg.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 23 2020 prefs-1.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 23 2020 prefs-2.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 23 2020 prefs-3.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 23 2020 prefs-4.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 23 2020 prefs-5.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Nov 23 2020 prefs-6.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 81117 Nov 30 22:05 prefs.js
drwx------ 2 userkurt staff 4 Nov 30 22:07 saved-telemetry-pings
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 2 Aug 7 2012 search-metadata.json
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 16618 Apr 9 2016 search.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 276 Nov 27 21:26 search.json.mozlz4
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 65536 Mar 20 2012 search.sqlite
-rw------- 1 userkurt staff 16384 Jan 10 2010 secmod.db
drwxr-xr-x 2 userkurt staff 3 Oct 24 2020 security_state
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 534 Nov 30 22:07 session.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 549 Nov 27 21:31 session.json.backup
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 204 Nov 30 22:07 sessionCheckpoints.json
drwxr-xr-x 2 userkurt staff 3 Jul 2 16:41 settings
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 17408 Feb 23 2015 signons.sqlite
drwxr-xr-x 5 userkurt staff 6 Aug 30 2021 storage
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 98304 Aug 8 2015 storage.sdb
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 4096 Nov 30 22:07 storage.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 98304 Mar 27 2012 testpilot_week_in_the_life_results.sqlite
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 25 Apr 16 2016 times.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 392641 Jan 10 2021 training.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 8 Jan 10 2021 traits.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 userkurt staff 0 Aug 29 2007 urlclassifier2.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 1097 Nov 30 22:07 virtualFolders.dat
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 98304 Oct 31 2021 webappsstore.sqlite
-rw-r--r--@ 1 userkurt staff 121651 Nov 30 2011 xpti.dat
-rw-------@ 1 userkurt staff 17059 Nov 30 22:06 xulstore.json
sh-3.2#
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sh-3.2# find ./OldLibrary -name ".BC.T*" -print
sh-3.2#
(I ran a find on "*.sqlite" just to check my syntax, and it returned pages of results - lots of sqlite databases in a MacOS Library folder!)
So, I do not see the files in that listing that start with ".BC.T_" anywhere... does anyone have any ideas about what is going on here?
By the way, I saw similar behavior when I used ditto to copy the Firefox profile from OldLibrary to (new) Library as well.