Hi, In addition to Alex's comments, you will encounter the same issues you had in the GUI since the level of authority of the user performing the move action is still you. You may wish to use the "sudo" command in front of the "mv" command. Also, a trick you can use to ensure you have the correct path in Terminal, is to locate the file in the Finder, then use cmd-c to Copy it. When you paste it into Terminal, it will actually paste the path, not the contents. So, it might say something lie
sudo mv /volumes/HD-2/Library/My\ Books target_location Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 14, 2017, at 17:24, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: First, I think you need quotes if you're going to use paths with spaces. Put each path--origin and destination--in quotes and see if that helps. Second, if you want to move all the files and folders in origin, use the -R flag (note that the R is capitalized). Third, you start with Volumes. Unless you've already changed your directory to slash, this will look for a folder called Volumes in the location you're in. You probably want /Volumes (slash before Volumes) instead. -- Alex Hall > On Oct 14, 2017, at 18:50, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com > <mailto:caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > so I’ve been trying to move files from one place to another with the > terminal. I am screwing this up royally, so any help would be great. Here’s > what I’ve been typing: > > mv Volumes/Library Disk /Volumes/My Book/books > > What am I doing wrong, please? This is trying to move files from one > external drive to another via terminal.. > > Thanks! > Cait > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com> and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
