[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dean Struss) wrote: > I too have a question on the cp command. When used it always ask rm >the file I'm trying to copy. Is cp copy or remove? Also can't one >specify a place on a directory with a new name to place a file in a >newly created file. I keep getting the response that directory doesn't >have a file of that name.
>From the sound of things, you've got the source and destination filenames the wrong way round! To copy, say, test.c to test.c.bak, use: cp test.c test.c.bak To copy test.c to directory test, use: cp test.c test/ -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
