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Teilani Johnson
Courses Plus Student 770 PointsI'm not completely sure weather it worked correctly on my Mac or not
this is what comes up on my terminal, but it looks different from the instructors :
Last login: Sun Jun 22 13:24:33 on ttys000 TJs-MacBook-Pro:~ TJ$ sudo cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory TJs-MacBook-Pro:~ TJ$ sudo cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf TJs-MacBook-Pro:~ TJ$ sudo cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory TJs-MacBook-Pro:~ TJ$
3 Answers
Samuel Rueby
22,538 PointsThat looks right.
sudo is a command that elevates your privileges
cp is the 'copy' command
/usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf is the source
/etc/my.cnf is the destination
The fact that it did nothing but show you the prompt again shows that it completed successfully.
Teilani Johnson
Courses Plus Student 770 PointsThank you for your reply Samuel, would you have any pointers or recommendations on how I could go about resolving the problem?
Samuel Rueby
22,538 PointsOn the lines where cp is outputting "usage:" it's telling you that you're missing a requirement parameter. The required parameters being source and destination. Only one parameter was specified in those cases.
Teilani Johnson
Courses Plus Student 770 PointsThank you for your reply Samuel, would you have any pointers or recommendations on how I could go about resolving the problem?
Teilani Johnson
Courses Plus Student 770 PointsI have just tried it again with a small change to the code and this is what showed:
Last login: Tue Jun 24 13:25:20 on ttys000 TJs-MacBook-Pro:~ TJ$ sudo cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf TJs-MacBook-Pro:~ TJ$
Does that look right?
Teilani Johnson
Courses Plus Student 770 PointsTeilani Johnson
Courses Plus Student 770 PointsGreat, thank you so much for all your help I really appreciate it!!