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<blockquote data-quote="masaka___" data-source="post: 21608">It's cool...Let's suppose you saved &quot;termcap.txt&quot; to your Desktop.&nbsp; Here's howyou'd copy it to the right place.sudo cp ~/Desktop/termcap.txt /etc/termcapExplanation:sudo is a command you use when you want totemporarily upgrade your normal account to haveadministrator (root) priveleges.&nbsp; Copying thingsinto /etc (which is where a lot of Unix programslike to place their configuration files) is anappropriate time to use sudo.&nbsp; When you executesudo, it'll usually ask you for your password(so it can make sure you're not someonemalicious).cp is Unix command to copy files, and it'ssyntax is `cp SOURCE DESTINATION`.&nbsp; You canspecify multiple sources, but there must alwaysonly be one destination.&nbsp; The destination willusually be a directory (or folder), but if youspecify a filename (as we've done here), it'llperform a rename operation after the copy.Summary:sudo cp ~/Desktop/termcap.txt /etc/termcapsudo -- temporarily give me more priveleges so that I can...cp -- copy ~/Desktop/termcap.txt to /etc and have it be named termcapPS: ~ means your home directory.&nbsp; You can say `echo ~` and it should say /Users/whomever where &quot;whomever&quot; is your login name.PPS: to learn more about sudo and cp, type `man sudo` and `man cp` in your terminal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="masaka___, post: 21608"] It's cool... Let's suppose you saved "termcap.txt" to your Desktop. Here's how you'd copy it to the right place. sudo cp ~/Desktop/termcap.txt /etc/termcap [B]Explanation[/B]: sudo is a command you use when you want to temporarily upgrade your normal account to have administrator (root) priveleges. Copying things into /etc (which is where a lot of Unix programs like to place their configuration files) is an appropriate time to use sudo. When you execute sudo, it'll usually ask you for your password (so it can make sure you're not someone malicious). cp is Unix command to copy files, and it's syntax is `cp SOURCE DESTINATION`. You can specify multiple sources, but there must always only be one destination. The destination will usually be a directory (or folder), but if you specify a filename (as we've done here), it'll perform a rename operation after the copy. [b]Summary[/b]: sudo cp ~/Desktop/termcap.txt /etc/termcap sudo -- temporarily give me more priveleges so that I can... cp -- copy ~/Desktop/termcap.txt to /etc and have it be named termcap PS: ~ means your home directory. You can say `echo ~` and it should say /Users/whomever where "whomever" is your login name. PPS: to learn more about sudo and cp, type `man sudo` and `man cp` in your terminal. [/QUOTE]

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