[Nokia N900 X Terminal] cp: How to fix Omitting Directory, Permissions Denied Linux Command Errors

While updating few files in a game on Nokia N900 using X-Terminal, files did not copy when I used cp command, it gave ‘omitting directory’ error.

FIrst of all gain root access by typing following command:

~$ sudo gainroot

~$ cd MyDocs

~/MyDocs $ cp directory-name /opt/application-name/
cp omitting directory 'directory-name'  

You can fix it like this:

~/MyDocs $ cp -r directory-name /opt/application-name/

If you get ‘permissions denied’ error, type sudo before the command like this:

~/MyDocs $ sudo cp -r directory-name /opt/application-name/

Hope that helps.

Cheers!