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linuxpermission-deniedcp

cp: cannot create regular file '/home/Documents': Permission denied

I am learning linux CLI, I created a file app.txt in home directory. Now I am copying it through CLI to Documents and it is showing me an error: 

cp: cannot create regular file '/home/Documents': Permission denied

P.S (I have checked whoami and it is showing zain which is my root)

Can anyone confirm what is wrong with it ?

Solution

  • I will assume you attempted to copy app.txt while in your home directory.

    Since your root directory is zain, specifying /home/Documents as the destination path will result in an error as the CLI will go back to zain directory (due to /) and then look for the home directory, which is absent under it.

    Instead, you just need to specify Documents as the destination path as follows. Again, I am assuming you are still in your home directory.

    cp app.txt Documents