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Whenever I try to copy a folder into another folder, I get this error: Error while moving “apc”. Permission denied.

I tried using "gksudo nautilus", but my desktop does not display any of the available folders. Can you please help me out with this?

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  • did you try doing sudo cp -r [nameOfFolder] [nameOfDirectory]
    – vita-min
    Dec 27, 2016 at 23:11
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    What do you mean by, "my desktop does not display any of the available folders" ? When you use gksudo nautilus, it uses root's home DIR, which is different from your home DIR. Dec 27, 2016 at 23:15
  • True that. Try doing `ls -a' to see if your folder is hidden
    – vita-min
    Dec 27, 2016 at 23:17
  • Also, might be a duplicate of [link]askubuntu.com/questions/303796/…
    – vita-min
    Dec 27, 2016 at 23:20
  • Can you please open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and run ls -ld /PATH/TO/DIRECTORY twice, once with the source directory you want to copy and once with the target directory inside which the copy should be stored. Then edit your question and paste the output there in plain text (ideally code-formatted). Thanks.
    – Byte Commander
    Dec 28, 2016 at 0:02

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