What the? Can't copy!

andrzejpw · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 46

I'm trying to copy the icewm directory as root to my username.

So,

cd /usr/lib
cp icewm /home/andrzejpw/.icewm

It spits out cp: ommiting directory icewm

I've tried billions of things. copying to /root, etc. HELP!

Psychephylax · n00b Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 44 Location: Smithtown, NY

It could be because it's a directory

try cp -r path/to/folder
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FINITE · Guru Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 449

Have you looked at the permssions for the file? Is it being copied to a different partition or drive maybe? I would look at the permissions personally.

andrzejpw · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 46

It is a directory. Let me go check if that works.

I'm VERY confused about permissions. Can't root do ANYTHING?

Psychephylax · n00b Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 44 Location: Smithtown, NY

Root can do everything. I don't think permissions are your problem.
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andrzejpw · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 46

Yup! cp -r worked!

Psychephylax · n00b Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 44 Location: Smithtown, NY

Glad I could help

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Jeevz · Posted: Sat May 11, 2002 11:51 am Post subject:

Check out the man page for cp. You will find other helpful options (for example -p and -a can be useful, especially while copying directories).