usb drive mounted a/media/a/ok .thunderbird > ew9rhvvt7.default > Imapmail can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload? bird dev/sbd1/thunderbird cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird /dev/sbd1/thunderbirda@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a ~/.thunderbird/media/a/ok cp: missing destination file operand after ‘/home/a/.thunderbird/media/a/ok’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a .thunderbird/media/a/ok cp: missing destination file operand after ‘.thunderbird/media/a/ok’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a .thunderbird/media/a/ok/thunderbird cp: missing destination file operand after ‘.thunderbird/media/a/ok/thunderbird’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. a@a-laptop:~$
cp can be a bit tricky with respect to directories,
I suggest you use the -a switch (possibly named in your honor?) e.g:
a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a ~/.thunderbird /media/a/ok