cp copies files by default. If you don't tell it to deviate from its default, it will assume that everything you want to copy is a file. In this case, the cups directory.
Use cp -r to tell cp to copy directories too. -wes On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > I had 16 printer drivers installed in my now borked Xubuntu 14.04.1. > They have not been changed since the last full system backup, which is > located in /media/jjj/Movies/Backups/Full_System_Backup/. From a long > time ago I know that you can stop cups, copy the /cups folder from the > backup, and then restart cups. The cups folder used to be > in /etc/init.d/, but nowadays Ubuntu seems to keep it directly in /etc. > 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? > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
