alan:~/LIME_SRC/soapySDR$ mkdir mybuild
alan:~/LIME_SRC/soapySDR$ cd mybuild
alan:~/LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild$ cp /LIME_SRC/soapySDR/name "CMakeLists.txt" /LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild
cp: target '/LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild' is not a directory
1 Answer
you must use
cp LIME_SRC/soapySDR/name "CMakeLists.txt" LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild
or
cp ~/LIME_SRC/soapySDR/name "CMakeLists.txt" ~/LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild
instead of
cp /LIME_SRC/soapySDR/name "CMakeLists.txt" /LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild
because your repertory mybuild
is located in /home/alan/LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild
and not in /LIME_SRC/soapySDR/mybuild
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2I think you should explicitly mention that
~
stands for the home directory, i.e./home/alan
probably...– Byte Commander ♦Jun 11, 2018 at 9:25 -
i deduct it with the information of his question, we see the user name– damadamJun 11, 2018 at 9:29
~/LIME_SRC/soapySDR
but copying to/LIME_SRC/soapySDR/...
.~/LIME_SRC
does not equal/LIME_SRC
. What are you trying to achieve? Please elaborate.