Copy folder to opt/

[Aldimaster]

Hi Guys,

first sry for my bad english =(

and now my problem:

i would like to copy my httpdocs folder from my usb stick to the folder opt/lampp/
i dont know the command for this action but i search in google and found many articles with cp -r and co. but there all does not work =(

PS: I work for the first time with unix systems

Pls help me

Greetz from Germany
Aldimaster

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Ubuntu uses sudo rather than root access, so the basic command would be something like the following...

For files, try this:

sudo cp /path/to/file_name /new/path/to/file_name

For folders, try this:

sudo cp -r /path/to/folder /new/path/to/folder

[Aldimaster]

EDIT:
i copy the folder but i cant open the website because i have no permissions so i go to the folder htdocs and see that the folder "website" (ive copied) is locked and I have no permission to open it or change the permissions.

how can i change the permissions for this folder???

Greetz from Germany
Aldimaster