yeah i forgot the -r On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Shawn Badger <badger.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mysql stores the databases in an individual folder for each database. You > need to use -r (recursive) option with the cp to make it work properly. > > Eric had the right syntext in his posting, but the trailing /. isnt' needed. > > sudo cp -r DB1 DB2 > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Brian Cluff <br...@snaptek.com> wrote: >> >> sudo cp DB1/* DB2/ should have worked. The fact that it's giving you a >> file not found is a little confusing. My guess is that you have either have >> a typo in the source database folder name, or more likely you haven't taken >> into account that Linux file systems are case sensitive. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 08/12/2010 04:17 PM, keith smith wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> For some reason I just don't get the cp command. Maybe it is the deep >>> rooted MS DOS from the 80's and 90's. I spent about a decade using MS >>> DOS. >>> >>> Here is what is going on. I am in a CentOS box and do not ever become >>> root. I use sudo. >>> >>> I want to copy one MySql DB to another so I can use the data for testing. >>> >>> 1) I cd to /var/lib/mysql >>> 2) I can see both DB's >>> 3) I issue any number of commands that do not work. >>> >>> Lets say DB1 is the source directory & DB2 is the destination directory >>> >>> mysql]$ sudo cp DB1/*.* DB2/ Results: cp: cannot stat `DB1/*.*': No such >>> file or directory >>> >>> mysql]$ sudo cp DB1/* DB2/ Results: cp: cannot stat `DB1/*': No such >>> file or directory >>> >>> mysql]$ sudo cp DB1/ DB2/ Results: creates the directory DB1 under DB2 >>> and copies all the files into DB2/DB1 >>> >>> mysql]$ sudo cp DB1 DB2/ Results: does not seem to do anything. >>> >>> http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucp.htm shows this example: cp -r >>> /home/hope/files/* /home/hope/backup >>> >>> mysql]$ sudo cp -r /var/lib/mysql/DB1/* /var/lib/mysql/DB2 - cp: cannot >>> stat `/var/lib/mysql/baseline/*': No such file or directory >>> >>> This is driving me crazy. Any help much appreciated! >>> >>> ------------------------ >>> Keith Smith >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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