[SOLVED] cp from mounted usb drive

harunaadoga · 05-20-2015, 01:24 PM

I mounted a usb pen drive on /dev/sdb1 /media/mydrive. now trying to copy files from the mount and it wont just work.
On /media I used cp mydrive ~/Documents/.
help pls

suicidaleggroll · 05-20-2015, 01:46 PM

We don't read minds. What do you mean it "just won't work"? What does it do? Are there any error messages?

harunaadoga · 05-20-2015, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll

We don't read minds. What do you mean it "just won't work"? What does it do? Are there any error messages?

It gives the line as shown below.

cp: omitting directory ‘mydrive/’

suicidaleggroll · 05-20-2015, 02:02 PM

You're trying to copy an entire directory, which means you need to use the recursive (-r) flag in cp

Code:

cp -r mydrive ~/Documents/

This will copy the directory mydrive into ~/Documents, so your files will be in ~/Documents/mydrive/

harunaadoga · 05-20-2015, 02:03 PM

thanks.

syg00 · 05-20-2015, 07:39 PM

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veerain · 05-21-2015, 05:03 AM

A more better command is:

Code:

cp -dpr mydrive ~/Documents/

'-p' preserves permissions and '-d' copy symlinks not what it points to.

fatmac · 05-21-2015, 05:07 AM

...or cp -a