UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi

This is my first day in Unix, and I am trying to copy a file called
holiday.txt from my D drive into the C drive folder called h

like currently i am in D drive, i want to copy my holiday.txt into
C\h (C drive, h folder)

i am able to copy the file in the same drive, but how to do the above
task?

Also, do i need to give the file extension names of the files i want to
copy or move..because if i dont mention the extensions, i am getting
error like

mv: cannot stat 'file' : No such file or directory

Welcome.

UNIX does not have 'D drive' or a 'C drive', it has a unified file system with volumes mounted at different points in the tree.

What system are you using?

hi

actually I am using cygwin, an open source software which gives
linux like environment in a windowsxp box...this is at work

at home, i need to install linux . I have windows xp at home, can I have
a dual operating systems at home?

in cygwin you would do

cp /cygdrive/c/directory/filename /cygdrive/d/directory

the filename needs to be fully qualified and include any extension

UNIX uses forward slashes

if you want a dual boot system you need to find a way to make some free space and may require resizing a partition or reinstalling windows, but it certainly can be done.

thank you !

supposing I am not using cygwin, and I am using normal linux, then
I think I need to remove /cygdrive from the above command..

There won't be the drive letters either.