On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM, David Fleck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > ? > > This may also work, but would have the same side effect of omitting any potential directories within the backup's cups directory. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
