If you want to restore the precise permissions for the copied files---presuming you copied the original files w/ original permissions to the backup drive---you should run cp -a instead.
On 08/18/2014 07:06 PM, wes wrote: > cp copies files by default. If you don't tell it to deviate from its > default, it will assume that everything you want to copy is a file. In this > case, the cups directory. > > Use cp -r to tell cp to copy directories too. > > -wes > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I had 16 printer drivers installed in my now borked Xubuntu 14.04.1. >> They have not been changed since the last full system backup, which is >> located in /media/jjj/Movies/Backups/Full_System_Backup/. From a long >> time ago I know that you can stop cups, copy the /cups folder from the >> backup, and then restart cups. The cups folder used to be >> in /etc/init.d/, but nowadays Ubuntu seems to keep it directly in /etc. >> 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? >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
