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 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 >