[SOLVED] help for newbie

[bythor]

Hi. I'm very much a novice when it comes to Linux. I have a machine with Fedora, and need to take a file from one machine to another via usb stick. I need to know (in detail) how to go about this. Would anyone mind giving some directions please? (note that USB stick already works on both machines)
I want to do this:

copy (file) to (USB stick)
then on the second machine
copy (same file) from (USB stick) to (same directory as the first machine)

I realise this may well be insufficient information to help, so please ask away if necessary!

Many thanks
Bythor

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

Actually... your question included the correct solution. Where are you running into the problem?

[bythor]

Jay, thanks for looking. I'm not sure what you mean by the correct solution. I know what it is I want to acheive, but don't know any linux commands other than cp which I got from a glossary. I don't know what linux calls the USB stick - I only know windows/dos type commands eg calling the stick another drive letter. Can you offer any suggestions?
Bythor

[jayd512]

Plug in your USB stick, open a terminal, execute

fdisk -l

That's a small L, not a 1.
You'll see all of the drives attached to your computer, as well as the format (eg., NTFS, ext3).
Most of the time, a thumb drive or other external USB drive will show as /dev/sdb1 or similar.
You can either use you file manager, like Nautilus or Konqueror, to move files. Or you can do it with the cp command.

Post the output of above command here for anything you have questions about.

[yuaskme]

Note also "df" command which will also show filesystem mount-points (e.g. in /media), plus space used/remaining.
Hope you've noticed to u(n)mount volume in File menu of Nautilus/file manager.
ThankU to Jay for solving things above

[bythor]

thanks again Jay, I think that's waht I needed - how to find what each drive is called! I'll let you know if I get stuck!
Bythor

[bythor]

Haven't got it! I described it wrong - I want to copy a directory (not a file) onto my usb stick, then copy it into another machine. Help!

[jayd512]

You should be able to do it just the same way as you would do a file.
Example... should I be copying to a USB stick:

cp /path/name/to/file_name /sdb1/new/location

Plug the stick into destination computer.

From USB stick:

cp /sdb1/on/stick /actual/destination

You'll have to determine the path and filenames on your particular machines.

[bythor]

Jay, thanks again. Found the problem - I forgot I had to mount the USB stick!
Wouldn;t have got there without you though - thanks again for your time.