what does this line mean?

shanenin · 02-01-2004, 07:38 PM

I am asked to type in this command(LFS book)

Code:

cp etc/{limits,login.access} /etc

I can't tell what this command is supposed to be doing. It seems that it would copy /etc/limits and /etc/login.access to the directory /etc. That can't be right, how could it allow the same file to be in the same directory?

edit/added later

I mean't to place this in the software section. This was more of a generel question about the cp command.

DrOzz · 02-01-2004, 08:17 PM

well there is no / in front of the first etc, so i am suspecting you are in a directory that has a sub directory called etc, and you are copying them files to /etc located on the root ...
unless you are on the root when executing that command ?
but i don't know where you are so it could be either or

shanenin · 02-01-2004, 08:31 PM

thanks for pointing that out(that their was no / in front of etc) I assumed it was talking about the directory /etc. When I was asked to put in that command I was in the src directory of shadow-4.0.3.