On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 18:55 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > So I rename the new cups folder to cups.old and then issue the command: > > sudo cp /media/jjj/Movies/Backups/Full_System_Backup/etc/cups /etc/ > > And I get: > > cp: omitting directory > '/media/jjj/Movies/Backups/Full_System_Backup/etc/cups’ > > To make sure I was entering the command properly I used the tab to > complete the paths. > > What does this mean and how do I copy the folder to my new Xubuntu?
I think it means 'cp' doesn't like trying to copy directories. What happens if you run the following commands: sudo mkdir /etc/cups sudo cp -a /media/jjj/Movies/Backups/Full_System_Backup/etc/cups/* /etc/cups ? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
