Re: [orca-list] copying files

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

No need to rely on virtual anything. You have a friend in the "man"
command. And, "man" output is even fully accessible.

man cp

will teach you all about cp. It's fundamental knowledge, so I heartily
encourage learning a bit about cp, and especially about man.

TIP: Try using the -a argument to cp to preserve file dates, and
permissions, and such.

Janina

Al Sten-Clanton writes:
> I'm virtually certain *.txt works and that I've used it.  Hope I'm write.
> (guide dog wags tail in similar hope)
>
> Al
>
> On 10/3/18 1:44 PM, Jace Kattalakis via orca-list wrote:
> > Glad to hear you figured out list view and I wasn't sure if the *.*
> > would work. Don't remeber off the top of my head if you can just do sudo
> > cp *.txt for al text files as a wildcard though in Linux. Need to double
> > check that one, but I prefer copying in a terminal for one file, GUI for
> > a whole bunch of files.
> >
> >
> > On 03/10/18 17:36, Michael Weaver wrote:
> > > Doing *.* didn't work but you were right about entering on the
> > > folder before pasting using the GUI.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3 October 2018 4:44:21 pm Jace Kattalakis via orca-list
> > > <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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-- 

Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa