Re: [orca-list] copying files

[Jace Kattalakis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

Hey, if you're not afraid of a terminal, try this, you'l have to do this 
for every file unless somebody corrects me if you can do multiple files 
this way, but....and again correct me if I'm wrong here but try


sudo cp <document name> /dev/sdx /home/<name>/Documents

Where sdx is the USB stick, usualy sdb, and <name> is your 
username....so, f.ex.

sudo cp test.txt /dev/sdb /home/alice/Documents

If I'm wrong in any way....which I probably am, but if I am correct that 
and such. It should hopefully work fine though.

Also, for the list view, fairly sure you need to actualy hit enter on a 
foldder before pasting into it to tell the system you're in that folder 
else it just assumes you're in the directory above it. Example, I select 
/home/videos and do the right arrow and paste a video in. On my system 
it sends it to the home folder because I told my system I'm in that 
folder. I didn't specificaly tel it I'm in the Videos 
folder.manager/system/etc you're using but it should in theory work on 
most things.




On 03/10/18 15:59, Michael Weaver via orca-list wrote:
> I have some documents which I want to copy from a USB stick to my home 
> folder.
>
> I went to the USB stick, I managed to select the files after changing 
> the settings in file manager to list view, the standard select all and 
> copy keys worked.
>
> I went to my home folder, wemt to the documents folder, did a cursor 
> right and did the CTRL V or pulled down the menu to do the appropriate 
> commands and.
>
> I went back to my desktop, opened the documents folder and the folder 
> was empty.
>
> I eventually located the files only they seemed to have been pasted in 
> the wrong place instead of them being sent to the Documents folder so 
> i deleted them in case I ended up with duplicate files everywhere.
>
> What am I doing wrong.
>
> I am sure I heard on a Podcast that copying text or something and 
> pasting it was slightly different in Linux than it is on a mac or in 
> Windows wso I am wondering if the proceedure for copying files from a 
> USB Stick to the documents folder in Home is different in Linux maybe 
> which might explain my files being place in the wrong place.
>
> I only found them by pressing ALT F1 and discovering they were just 
> added to the list of apps and not my documents folder.
>
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