copying files from cd to HDD

[millwalll]

Hi all I have made a file called mnt/millwalll/ I want copy files from cd to it i bene using this line

cp --preserve -r /{files name}/mnt/millwalll/

I get cp: target /mnt/millwalll/ is not a directory


any help be amazing thanks

[Roxoff]

remove the file /mnt/milwalll/and create a directory instead using the 'mkdir' command

[millwalll]

thanks a lot why would it do that tho if i already created the dir ?

[Ziplock]

You said you created a file. Post the output of

ll /mnt

[Roxoff]

You didn't create a dir. You created a file. You know it's not a directory because when you try to copy files into it, your shell says "... is not a directory".