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Hi--

I'm trying to use the cp command, and I keep getting there is no such directory. But I've checked, and the directory is certainly there.

Please keep in mind this is OS X, 10.4.4 to be exact.

Here's my output:

myuser$ cp -r "/Firewire 400/users/myuser/new Files/Flip4Mac WMV.mpkg" "/Firewire 400/users/myuser/desktop/new files"
cp: /Firewire 400/users/myuser/new Files/Flip4Mac WMV.mpkg: No such file or directory


Firewire 400 is the boot drive.

Here's the output showing the file is in the specified location:

/ myuser$ ls
Applications Volumes
...more files...
Desktop DF mach
...more files...
Users var
/ myuser$ cd users
/users myuser$ ls
Shared myuser
/users myuser$ cd myuser
/users/myuser myuser$ ls
Applications Movies Pictures
...more files...
Library New Files Sites
MPEG PAR Temporary Items
/users/myuser myuser$ cd "New Files"
/users/myuser/New Files myuser$ ls
Capture Data.app
...lots more files....
Fink-0.8.0-Installer.dmg
FinkCommander_0.5.4.dmg
Firefox 1.5.dmg
Flip4Mac WMV.mpkg
...lots more files...
/users/myuser/New Files myuser$

What am I doing wrong?

...anyone?

it may not like the spaces for the directory name(s)...perhaps use asterisk (*) in place of the spaces?

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Cheers
ZB

Ah... sorry

how about you cd into the directory 1st then cp

cd "/Firewire 400/users/myuser/new Files/
cp Flip4Mac WMV.mpkg "/Firewire 400/users/myuser/desktop/new files"

You need to escape the spaces in the path, so `/Long Name'
becomes `/Long\ Name'.