[PLUG] More file copy and sudo issues

[David Fleck]

On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 18:55 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 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?


I think it means 'cp' doesn't like trying to copy directories.  What
happens if you run the following commands:

sudo mkdir /etc/cups
sudo cp
-a /media/jjj/Movies/Backups/Full_System_Backup/etc/cups/* /etc/cups
?