Re: cp -p /mnt/cdrom/* dirname

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 16:22 -0700, Josef Lowder wrote:
> On my old system, using this: cp -p /mnt/cdrom/* dirname
> would copy all the files from a cdrom to the named directory (or folder)
> but on my new system this doesn't seem to work.
>
> I've tried various combinations, including
> cp -p /mnt/cdrom dirname
> cp -p -r /mnt/cdrom dirname
> cp -pr /mnt/cdrom dirname
>
> I want to copy all the files and directories and their contents
> from the backup CD I burned to the named directory on the
> new system, preserving the file creation date, owner, and
> permissions.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
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the just wondering question...

is /mnt/cdrom mounted?

ls -l /mnt/cdrom

are there any files?

Craig

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