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jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

[solved]can't cd to directory on DVD

ok so here is the problem. I am trying to copy some files from a DVD onto my hd. U would think this would be easy, but I guess I am just to stupid to get it.

when I stick the DVD in the DVD drive it auto mounts to /media/CDRoot, I goto this dir. in thunar I see the contents of the DVD. There is one folder. 'My Music' <-- exact spelling. I open that folder and select all the files, mp3's and then proceed to paste them into my home directory. But, when I try it this way thunar freezes and locks the DVD drive causing me to reset the computer with the power button. That leaves a sick feeling in my stomach.

So, instead I try to do it through the terminal. I cd to the /media/CDRoot directory and then try to CD to the 'My Music' folder, but can't. Says directory not found, here is the terminal output.

[jasin@kermit ~]$ cd /media/CDRoot
[jasin@kermit CDRoot]$ ls
My Music
[jasin@kermit CDRoot]$ cd My Music
bash: cd: My: No such file or directory
[jasin@kermit CDRoot]$ cd My_Music
bash: cd: My_Music: No such file or directory
[jasin@kermit CDRoot]$ cd My-Music
bash: cd: My-Music: No such file or directory

All I want is my music. How hard can this be???

Do I need to run thunar as root to copy the files out of /media/CDRoot?

Last edited by jacko (2008-01-05 04:00:31)

vogt

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 389

Re: [solved]can't cd to directory on DVD

If the directory does exist (check with ls), you have to escape the space with a backslash, or quote it.

cd My\ Music

It does not look to be like a permissions error at all: you can read other stuff on the cd?

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: [solved]can't cd to directory on DVD

If the directory does exist (check with ls), you have to escape the space with a backslash, or quote it.

cd My\ Music

It does not look to be like a permissions error at all: you can read other stuff on the cd?

that did it, the escape sequence. I better write that down. Thanks

_adam_

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From: Dora, Alabama

Registered: 2006-05-18

Posts: 94

Re: [solved]can't cd to directory on DVD

just a reminder, tab completion will fill that in for you.