On 15/07/09 17:53, John Matthews wrote: > Hi, thank you for your message. So as I understand it then, if I have a > folder on the desktop called title, that is called a directory then yes? > I wanted to copy that folder to the home directory.
Yes, in Linux, a folder is usually known as a directory. But they mean much the same. A place where files are stored inside. > So what is the difference between scp and cp ~r man scp man cp scp is "Secure CoPy" and is generally used between *different* computers; but may also be used on the same machine too. cp is the general "CoPy" command of the Linux shell. I posted quite a few links on an earlier post. A quick glance at this one: http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php would help you considerably: Especially for copying files see: http://linuxcommand.org/lts0050.php#cp HTH Alan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
