What is cp: cannot stat error in Unix, I get this error when trying to copy thing from one folder to another

问题

Hi I wanted to know why I am getting this error. I have this directory called mock, which inside has another 3 directories. I am trying to copy all the items from mock directory into the projweek directory using the below code.

cp  /mock/* ~/projweek

But I get this error

cp: cannot stat ‘mock/*’: No such file or directory

any ideas as to why that is?

回答1:

If your source directory is set in quotes, then make sure that the * is outside the quotes, i.e.

cp "source/"* dest

or

cp "source"/* dest

回答2:

cp is used in unix/linux for copy

cp /mock/* ~/projweek this means copy from /mock folder all files to folder projweek that resides in root

This means cp: cannot stat ‘mock/*’: No such file or directory unable to copy all files from mock folder because file or directory not exists on relevant path

回答3:

cannot stat = file/dir does not exist. Check the path first.

And, you say you want to copy /mock but the error message says mock. Show the real code first.

When I test in ubuntu, cp (GNU coreutils) 8.28, I have no problem with copying all files under a dir to another dir, when both paths are correct.

root@DESKTOP-9NHNV2I:~# cp /root/temp/* /root
root@DESKTOP-9NHNV2I:~# ls
temp  test.txt  test2.txt  test3333.txt

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34254164/what-is-cp-cannot-stat-error-in-unix-i-get-this-error-when-trying-to-copy-thin