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This Post Has Been Viewed 12684 Times Since Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:31 pm Author hostman with 24 replies

cp: omitting directory linux command error

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ok, i've done this so many times, and i just forgot how to overcome this error.

so i am writing this little how to just incase you are also having this problem.

if you are getting this error: cp: omitting directory

this is what you need to do:

cp -r orginal_file new_file

so the trick here is to add the -r escape on your command and it shouldn't give you an error anymore

hope this helps.

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:: 1 :: Reply #19731 Reply By Saurabh On Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:55 pm

Saurabh:

thnx a lot, it means for recursive operation like directory copying we need -r option.

:: 2 :: Reply #40823 Reply By sandeep On Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:22 pm

sandeep:

hey man thanks !! good work.. have been trying & was getting the error.

this worked out...

:: 3 :: Reply #49710 Reply By ragnar On Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:06 pm

ragnar:

thanks for your tip. :)

:: 4 :: Reply #53591 Reply By Salah On Tue May 13, 2008 1:36 am

Salah:

working like a charm

:: 5 :: Reply #69028 Reply By projekt On Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:35 pm

projekt:

this was a google find of the year, thanks man.

:: 6 :: Reply #69492 Reply By Nitesh On Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:52 am

Nitesh:

thanks this helped me

:: 7 :: Reply #69930 Reply By scutch On Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:18 am

scutch:

hey! , yes this has worked for me as well. i wonder what it is about recursive that is so much needed with using cp? either way i will not this in my memory. cheers!

:: 8 :: Reply #74096 Reply By MeLkOrAzO On Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:32 pm

MeLkOrAzO:

excelente aporte!!.

muchas gracias.

:: 9 :: Reply #84929 Reply By jason On Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:39 pm

jason:

thanks! ^_^

:: 10 :: Reply #85800 Reply By Levi On Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:46 pm

Levi:

thank you. =]

:: 11 :: Reply #86672 Reply By M On Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:19 pm

awesome, many thanks for posting this. helped at least one person :)

:: 12 :: Reply #87153 Reply By sandeep On Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:49 am

sandeep:

thank you very much

:: 13 :: Reply #90136 Reply By Mohd On Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:49 pm

Mohd:

cp: omitting directory i am not able to copy the files

:: 14 :: Reply #93556 Reply By charger On Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:52 am

charger:

tanks for help!!

:: 15 :: Reply #93636 Reply By Joe On Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:46 pm

Joe:

thanks for sharing.

:: 16 :: Reply #95165 Reply By devika On Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:26 am

devika:

the -r option removes the omitting directory error ...is there any option to copy large directories...kernel source,etc..
thanks for ur concern.

:: 17 :: Reply #97794 Reply By Piyush On Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:50 am

Piyush:

hi, i was having the same error. thank you very much for providing me a solution.

:: 18 :: Reply #99212 Reply By Keith On Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:35 pm

Keith:

thanks! seems like such a simple thing but this was faster than the man page!

keith

:: 19 :: Reply #99827 Reply By ravi On Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:18 am

ravi:

i want copy the data from directory to directory how can i do? i type #cp -r /mnt/server /var/ftp/pub it is saying cp : omiting directory. what can i do. please tell me how to copy the data directory to directory.

:: 20 :: Reply #111298 Reply By Bigsoda On Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:02 am

Bigsoda:

many thanks for sharing. gby

:: 21 :: Reply #111669 Reply By candtalan On Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:11 am

candtalan:

thanks!!
this is really useful

:: 22 :: Reply #127484 Reply By k_neo64 On Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:07 am

k_neo64:

Thank's for this post.. I've help my backup data...

:: 23 :: Reply #129135 Reply By thedude On Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:21 pm

thedude:

Dude, seriously, this is the worst answer ever. What about some explanation of WHY the cp command failed, and WHY the -r option fixes it? If youre going to help noobs at least teach them something

:: 24 :: Reply #129843 Reply By Gnosishunter On Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:11 pm

Gnosishunter:

I still had a little trouble beyond that-
nothing a little superuser won't fix.
If you still have issues, throw sudo in in front of it like so-

sudo cp -r /directory/file.ext /destination