can move but not copy
 

Howdy -

I cannot seem to copy a directory I have.

For example, I have a directory of mp3's in my home folder. If I'm working in my home folder, I see something like this when I list:

folderA folderB

Then I issue the command: cp folderA folderB

Then I get:

"cp: omitting directory 'folderA'"

However, this same line works with the 'mv' command.

Ideas?

(using RH7.1)

this isn't really an error - this just means that there's an empty directory that you're trying to copy, and the cp program essentially ignores it. mv doesn't bother to check whether or not a directory is empty when it moves it, so you don't get the same message.

Needs to be recursive?

Yes, it needed to be recursive.

Thanks! That was driving me nuts last night.

)M.