Command Line

[djcrazydiamond]

Hi,

I have tried to copy a file from one directory to another but i cant as when i click properties of the folder to change permissions to allow me to copy everything is greyed out.

So i have tried to do it with the command line but dont really know what i'm doing, i started terminal and changed to root and typed this:

root@laptop://home/deejay/lhkv# cp home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter /usr/share/amsn/plugins
cp: cannot stat `home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter': No such file or directory
root@deejays-laptop://home/deejay/lhkv#

Where am i going wrong?

[TheBoogyMaster]

put here the output of this:

ls -l home/deejay/lhkv/

you can change the persmissions on the file like this:

sudo chmod 774 /File
or
sudo chmod -R 774 /file (to put the same thing on the directory and all the files from the directory)

[TheBoogyMaster]

if you have something in the directory you can do:

sudo cp -R home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter /usr/share/amsn/plugins

[reed9]

Hi,

I have tried to copy a file from one directory to another but i cant as when i click properties of the folder to change permissions to allow me to copy everything is greyed out.

So i have tried to do it with the command line but dont really know what i'm doing, i started terminal and changed to root and typed this:

root@laptop://home/deejay/lhkv# cp home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter /usr/share/amsn/plugins
cp: cannot stat `home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter': No such file or directory
root@deejays-laptop://home/deejay/lhkv#

Where am i going wrong?

First, if you want to do it with the file manager, nautilus, you can open it as root using gksu. Type ALT+F2 to open a run dialogue, then gksu nautilus.

From the command line

sudo cp /path/to/file/filename /path/to/whereitsgoing

If you want to move a directory, you have to use the recursive flag cp -r or cp -a to maintain the file permissions, time stamps, etc.

[techieMoe]

So i have tried to do it with the command line but dont really know what i'm doing, i started terminal and changed to root and typed this:

root@laptop://home/deejay/lhkv# cp home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter /usr/share/amsn/plugins
cp: cannot stat `home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter': No such file or directory
root@deejays-laptop://home/deejay/lhkv#

Where am i going wrong?

I'll let others help you with your permissions problem, but the problem I see in your command-line syntax here is your path. I see from your prompt that you are in the "/home/deejay/lhkv" directory. Your command is asking Linux to copy a file called "darkmatter" that is in the "/home/deejay/lhkv/home/deejay/lhkv/" directory. You're missing a forward slash in front of "home." Without that slash, Linux assumes you're talking about a directory inside the current one and since it doesn't exist, you get the error. A proper way to do this would be:

cp /home/deejay/lhkv/darkmatter /usr/shar/amsn/plugins/darkmatter

[djcrazydiamond]

your method worked flawlessly reed9 and thanx for the advice techimoe