Jon Clausen wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar, 2007 at 22:38:41 -0500, dwain wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to copy an .icc profile from my home directory to the Adobe
>> Icc Profiles/RGB Profiles directory. I su in the console then cp -t
>> /home/my directory/file directory/file.icc/
>> /usr/share/color/icc/Adobe_ICC_Profiles/RGB_Profiles/.
>>
>> The result is that the .icc file does not exist. What am I doing
>> incorrectly? How do I need to write the command?
>>
>
> Dwain,
>
> If you don't know about it already, then here's a tip;
>
> Use <TAB>-completion.
>
> Basically it works like this:
>
> Pressing <TAB> makes the shell try to complete whatever you're in the
> process of writing. This is a very nice feature, which not only saves you
> lots of keystrokes, but also 'composes' whatever to be 'syntactically'
> correct, including upper/lower case letters and proper escaping of
> whitespace etc. ('Syntax' is used here for lack of a better word)
>
> If there are more than one possible way to complete something (like a
> filename), then the first <TAB> will complete as much as it can, and a
> second <TAB> will list the possible choices. In this case, you type the next
> letter, and press <TAB> again... etc... etc...
>
> So - instead of trying to write everything out with keystrokes, you should
> let the shell help you figure it out. Because the shell 'knows' how stuff
> (like paths/filenames) should be written.
>
> Now, about your *actual* problem a couple of things spring to mind:
>
> Is "/home/my directory/" in fact a real pathname? My guess would be that it
> really would be something like "/home/dwain/".
>
> Looking at the file list at
> http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/suselinux/adobeiccprofiles.html
> tells me that the target folder *does* indeed contain whitespaces, which
> must be escaped.
>
> I'd suggest you verify both source and destination, using 'ls -l' and <TAB>
> completion first, and *then* do your 'cp'.
>
> HTH
> /Jon
>
>
Thanks Jon, I'll have to remember the <Tab> thing. This is all so new to
me, and I don't know a lot of tricks yet on how to make the system work
for me instead of the other way around. I guess it's the blockhead in me
that wants it to be just so. This Linux thing is a new adventure for me,
and as many times as I have installed the OS over the past week, I'm
getting pretty good at it.
Again, thanks to all of you who have taken the time to work with me. I
hope one day I will be able to return the favor to another new comer to
the system.
Cheers,
Dwain
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