How do I use a sudo command line to copy a folder into the system files?
By Sarah Rodriguez •
Specifically, my "themes" folder has been corrupted (my fault), and I need to replace the entire folder with a backup that I made.
I will add a finalized answer once I can.
03 Answers
It would go something like this:
sudo cp -r /path-to-backup/themes /usr/share/cp is the copying command
-r is there for recursiveness
Passing the command to execute to sudo without any additional arguments will execute it as root.
sudo cp ...A very elegant form is using -a option, it will recurse as -r, but will keep all attributes of the files, particularly permissions, and symlinks underreferenced:
sudo cp -a /path-to-backup/themes /usr/share/In another words, "When performing the copy, attempt to preserve as much of the original file structure, attributes, and associated metadata as possible." (citation source)
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