Alan Lord (News) wrote: > 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 > > > Hi Alan,
thank you for the message. I have been bit busy since this morning trying to get a few things sorted, and writing in this thread and trying a few things out, are being done inbetween. I will take a look at that url you posted, and see how I get on. Thank you again, John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
