copying files on ubuntu
 

Hi,

I'm trying to copy the mprime files into a flash stick so I can run from the stick.

When I type
root@william-GA-78LMT-USB3:/home/william/Downloads/p95v287.linux64# cp mprime /media/38b3e3a6-e319-4e3a-8bed-dcd7c224057a\$/mprime_folder

I get

cp: accessing `/media/38b3e3a6-e319-4e3a-8bed-dcd7c224057a\$/mprime_folder': Not a directory

I'm using ubuntu.

I created the mprime_folder folder on the stick using mkdir.

Can anyone help?

I suspect the path you specified is not right. Use "cp mprime /media" but do not press "enter" and hit "tab" a couple of times to get a listing. Enter the first few characters of the the next directory and hit "tab" again. Etc. :smile:

@mods: please move to the Linux subforum

The '$' sign might be the culprit. It is best to avoid such symbols in folder or file names (as well as spaces, exclamation points, '*', etc); you still can use such folders and files but you may be hit with similar snafus every once in a while.

The special characters need 'protection': Try embedding each argument in ' quotes. And/or add \ before $, too. Another trick can be to cut the folder name shorter and replace the rest with *; the OS will run on-the-fly expansion for you...
One or another might help.

[QUOTE=Batalov;416897]And/or add \ before $, too. Another trick can be to cut the folder name shorter and replace the rest with *; the OS will run on-the-fly expansion for you...[/QUOTE]

The other day I was interacting with a very serious technology companies' "front line" person.

She gave the URL verbally as "H T T P Colon Back Slash Back Slash"...

Just what (TFF) is it going to take to educate the populous of the difference between forward and back slashes?

Thanks for the replies.

I've got all the mprime files on the stick now and have tried it with my submersive cooling machine. There;s one
stick which has tinycore on it and this one with the mprime files on.

I try running mprime when I mount the stick and I get this

./mprime: line 1:syntax error: unexpected word (expecting ")").


The version of mprime I have is the 64bit linux tar,gx version currently on the gimps site.

The processor this machine has is an AMD 64 Dual Core 3800+

Any ideas why I can't run mprime?

[QUOTE=wildrabbitt;416901]Any ideas why I can't run mprime?[/QUOTE]

When you run "./mprime -h" what happens?

Try "file mprime" to see if it thinks mprime is an executable.

When I run ./mprime -h I get the same error as before.

When I run file mprime

I get

sh: file: not found

[QUOTE=wildrabbitt;416906]When I run ./mprime -h I get the same error as before.

When I run file mprime

I get

sh: file: not found[/QUOTE]

Then either you are not in the correct directory, or your system is inappropriate.

Or both.

If TinyCore is 32-bit then you need a 32-bit mprime. :smile:

64-bit TinyCore [URL="http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/6.x/x86_64/release/"]here[/URL]

[QUOTE=Batalov;416897]The '$' sign might be the culprit. [/QUOTE]
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