From: "(" <paren@disroot.org>
To: Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: nautilus-admin
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:41:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cz4988h1.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ab375861-efed-bbec-8a9c-f8a477ffaa56@posteo.de>
Hi,
Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> Hi,
>
> I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because
> it needs root rights.
> I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when
> I want to copy all directories at once.
> I don’t know the command for it.
What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"?
If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try:
sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY
This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word
'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of
'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'.
If you mean copying multiple directories, just do:
sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY
Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend
you take the time to learn about them :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-12 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-12 14:38 nautilus-admin Gottfried
2023-04-12 14:41 ` ( [this message]
2023-04-12 14:54 ` nautilus-admin Wojtek Kosior via
2023-04-12 15:27 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried
2023-04-13 4:06 ` nautilus-admin carl hansen
2023-04-13 4:19 ` nautilus-admin Felix Lechner via
2023-04-13 15:24 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried
2023-04-13 6:51 ` nautilus-admin Marek Paśnikowski
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2023-04-13 15:26 ` nautilus-admin Gottfried
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