[ale] cp command

[esoteric at atlnet.com (Linux Idiot)]

Glen Bankston wrote:
> 
> Thanks for those who responded BUT
> 
> You do not understand!  There is no cp command on those rescue diskettes!
> I can go to /mnt/bin and the 'cp' binary will not execute even though i can
> see it.

I don't recall which version of Red Hat you are running, but I had to
boot with the rescue disks this morning and did copy a file from the
hard drive to a floppy using cp.  When you say it won't execute, what
happens if you try to use it?

I think you're trying to use the cp command from your mounted hard
drive.  There is a version of cp available from the rescue disk.  Try
doing the cp without referencing the full path as in:

cp file newfile

rather than:

/mnt/bin/cp file newfile

> 
> i need to use a limited subset of cmds that the Red Hat 5.0 book shows.
> dir, cp, mv
> 
> etc, are not part of the commands available.
> 
> Glen

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