HELP - cp

[Kelvin Chan]

Hi,

I encounter a problem as I copy folder with all files to a usb disk.

command>>
Kelotus:/ Kelotus$ cp -R Documents dev/disk1s1/www

result>>
cp: dev/disk1s1/www: Not a directory
or 
cp: /dev/disk1: Resource busy

Kelotus:webserver Kelotus$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
/dev/disk1s1 on /Volumes/IPTGA-K (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)

Thanks

Kelvin Chan

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[Adalbert Prokop]

Am 26.03.2010 11:14, schrieb Kelvin Chan:

Hi Kelvin,
> I encounter a problem as I copy folder with all files to a usb disk.
>
> command>>
> Kelotus:/ Kelotus$ cp -R Documents dev/disk1s1/www
>
> result>>
> cp: dev/disk1s1/www: Not a directory
> or
> cp: /dev/disk1: Resource busy
>
> Kelotus:webserver Kelotus$ mount
> /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
> devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
> fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
> map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
> map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
> /dev/disk1s1 on /Volumes/IPTGA-K (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)

According to the output of mount your are trying to copy a directory
directly to the raw device. Raw (block) device allow access to a hard
drive at very low level. You can access small chunks of data (blocks),
but there are no files, no directories, no file system at all...

The correct command would be "cp -R Documents  /Volumes/IPTGA-K", which
is the directory, where the operating system "shows" the information
stored at the device /dev/disk1s1.

[Joachim Backes]

On 03/26/2010 11:14 AM, Kelvin Chan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I encounter a problem as I copy folder with all files to a usb disk.
>
> command>>
> Kelotus:/ Kelotus$ cp -R Documents dev/disk1s1/www
>
> result>>
> cp: dev/disk1s1/www: Not a directory
> or
> cp: /dev/disk1: Resource busy
>
> Kelotus:webserver Kelotus$ mount
> /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
> devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
> fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
> map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
> map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
> /dev/disk1s1 on /Volumes/IPTGA-K (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)

If I understood you correctly, you need to copy the Documents directory.
If yes, you must copy to
the mounted directory and not to the device node:

cp -R Documents /Volumes/IPTGA-K

Remark: You forgot the leading / in dev/disk1s1/www in the (useless)
command you presented us :-)
> Thanks
>
> /Kelvin Chan/
>
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[Tim]

On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 18:14 +0800, Kelvin Chan wrote:
> I encounter a problem as I copy folder with all files to a usb disk.
>
> command>>
> Kelotus:/ Kelotus$ cp -R Documents dev/disk1s1/www
>
> result>>
> cp: dev/disk1s1/www: Not a directory
> or 
> cp: /dev/disk1: Resource busy

Copy files to a file system location on the directory tree, not directly
to the device.
> /dev/disk1s1 on /Volumes/IPTGA-K (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid,

According to your mount list, "/dev/disk1s1" is mounted at
"/Volumes/IPTGA-K", so that's where you should be copying to.

[Joerg Bergmann]

Am Freitag, den 26.03.2010, 18:14 +0800 schrieb Kelvin Chan:
> Hi,
>
> I encounter a problem as I copy folder with all files to a usb disk.
>
> command>>
> Kelotus:/ Kelotus$ cp -R Documents dev/disk1s1/www
>
> result>>
> cp: dev/disk1s1/www: Not a directory
> or 
> cp: /dev/disk1: Resource busy

Copying to dev in the actual directory seems somewhat confusing. 
Probably you did mean
cp -R Documents /dev/disk1s1/www
but even that is wrong. If you insert an usb stick, the actual
file system (which is _not_ the device) will be mounted at
/media/.../
where  ... will be replaced by the actual name, e.g. KINGSTON
for an Kingston manufacted USB stick. Simply do a
ls /media
and you will find your USB stick inbetween.

Joerg