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09 Jan 2010 @ 9:33 PM

Send to:

Using Send-to in Ubuntu is supposed to be a helpful thing. Although I prefer using the Terminal for copying files to new locations, let’s see how send to works:

First, we right click the file:

Then we see the Send To dialog box:

We select the “Removable Media”.

Select the disk we’d like to send it to:

We have the option to send it as a zipped file:

We go to the target location and see if the new file is there:

If it’s not, we can just consider what happens in the terminal if using the command “cp” which means to copy. First, I look to see what drives are available:
tommy@ubuntu:~$ ls /media cdrom cdrom1 floppy U3 System cdrom0 f2fc5429-adbc-4957-b436-f990c1cba426 floppy0 Ubuntu 9.04

Check what’s on the drive:
tommy@ubuntu:~$ ls /media/f2fc5429-adbc-4957-b436-f990c1cba426/ bin dev initrd.img media opt sbin sys var boot etc lib mnt proc selinux tmp vmlinuz cdrom home lost+found root srv usr

I want to see my new file. It’s called “new file”.
tommy@ubuntu:~$ ls Desktop Downloads Music new file~ Public Videos Documents examples.desktop new file Pictures Templates

I copy the file into the USB drive, which has a really long name.
tommy@ubuntu:~$ cp new\ file /media/f2fc5429-adbc-4957-b436-f990c1cba426/ cp: cannot create regular file `/media/f2fc5429-adbc-4957-b436-f990c1cba426/new file': Permission denied

I realize that the copy command cp doesn’t work outside the user directory. Therefore, use sudo with password.
tommy@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp new\ file /media/f2fc5429-adbc-4957-b436-f990c1cba426/ [sudo] password for tommy:

Check that the file copied:
tommy@ubuntu:~$ ls /media/f2fc5429-adbc-4957-b436-f990c1cba426/ bin dev initrd.img media opt sbin sys var boot etc lib mnt proc selinux tmp vmlinuz cdrom home lost+found new file root srv usr

yes, it did, because “new file” now exists on the drive. Wow, the terminal works but rightclick “Send to” doesn’t.

Categories: Uncategorized Posted By: Tommy
Last Edit: 09 Jan 2010 @ 09 33 PM

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