Copy file from pen drive to disk

deostroll · 01-03-2008, 12:43 AM

What is the command for copying a file from my thumb drive to my hardisk?

deepumnit · 01-03-2008, 12:46 AM

Dude, its:

Code:

cp source-directory/filename destination-directory

For more details:

Code:

man cp

deostroll · 01-04-2008, 02:32 AM

Usually when my root is at a place called media (cd /media - i.e. where I can access cdrom, floppy, etc) and do an ls, it says PEN DRIVE. Thats is the name I gave it while I use my thunb drive in winxp.

And when I try to execute that command it throws me some error.

deepumnit · 01-04-2008, 06:11 AM

Dear Newbie, without posting the errors, nothing's gonna work!

Poetics · 01-04-2008, 11:59 AM

You might also want to look at the "mount" manpage -- your computer has to know that you intend on using the device.

deostroll · 01-04-2008, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poetics

You might also want to look at the "mount" manpage -- your computer has to know that you intend on using the device.

My os (ubuntu) automatically detects and mounts(?), I guess. Otherwise I would not see something called PEN DRIVE on my desktop!!! And I am able to browse to that location using nautilus (the file explorer program). Currently I guess the name "PEN DRIVE" is creating the problem. That is the name I have assigned to the device volume while I was using the device in windows...I can't even move to the location when I do

Code:

cd /media/PEN DRIVE

I guess this would say that location PEN does not exist.

deepumnit · 01-04-2008, 05:50 PM

Dude, you should use:

Code:

cd /media/"PEN DRIVE"

OR

Code:

cd /media/PEN\ DRIVE

H_TeXMeX_H · 01-05-2008, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deostroll

My os (ubuntu) automatically detects and mounts(?), I guess. Otherwise I would not see something called PEN DRIVE on my desktop!!! And I am able to browse to that location using nautilus (the file explorer program). Currently I guess the name "PEN DRIVE" is creating the problem. That is the name I have assigned to the device volume while I was using the device in windows...I can't even move to the location when I do

Code:

cd /media/PEN DRIVE

I guess this would say that location PEN does not exist.

the problem is the 'cd' command would interpret that as 'cd /media/PEN', it would simply discard the 'DRIVE'.

Code:

cd /media/PEN DRIVE

that means two arguments, and it will only read the first one.

Code:

cd "/media/PEN DRIVE"

this means only one argument, the one you want.