I am attempting to back up my data from my "USBDRIVE" which is /dev/sdc1.
I have a directory called "backup" on my Desktop and when I try to "cp", I get the following error and am not sure how to resolve.
Code:
cwilliams@tank:/media/USBDRIVE$ ls -l
total 192
-rwx------ 1 cwilliams cwilliams 67 2007-02-01 18:08 apt.txt
drwx------ 6 cwilliams cwilliams 32768 2007-03-15 19:06 cwilliams
drwx------ 7 cwilliams cwilliams 32768 2007-03-15 18:43 ghost
-rwx------ 1 cwilliams cwilliams 2511 2007-03-05 13:03 linux_commands.txt
drwx------ 41 cwilliams cwilliams 32768 2007-03-06 15:00 music
-rwx------ 1 cwilliams cwilliams 235 2007-02-09 16:37 mysql.txt
cwilliams@tank:/media/USBDRIVE$ cp /media/USBDRIVE/* /home/cwilliams/Desktop/backup/
cp: omitting directory `/media/USBDRIVE/cwilliams'
cp: omitting directory `/media/USBDRIVE/ghost'
cp: omitting directory `/media/USBDRIVE/music'