the > you are seeing is expecting another command in order to run. are there any crazy other characters included in the file names you are trying to copy/move? try entering the ; when you get the > and see what it does. example: [root@xxxxx root]cd /mnt/win/whatever >; -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nick H Johnson Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:08 AM To: psyche Subject: stupid question Sorry, I've googled with no luck I just know this is a stupid question but. why is it that I can browse my FAT32 partitions nautilus but when I cd into a directory on a FAT32 partition or try to mv or cp something from a dir on a FAT32 partition I get this: [root@xxxxx root]cd /mnt/win/whatever > or this [root@xxxxx root]cp /mnt/win/whatever/filename /home/nick/filename > I'm just stuck with a '>' and I can only escape with CTRL-c it seems thanks nick -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
