Copying from root to share

[jimmy_breeze]

Hello,

I am trying to save my Plex Media Server settings to move to a different server.

I have accessed the settings containing the folders via SSH and Putty. But now I'm trying to copy those files and save them somewhere. Another share, my computer's desktop, anywhere. How do I access the ReadyNAS shares from within root? I've tried things like:

copy /apps/plexmediaserver/MediaLibrary/Plex Media Server /mynas/Software

but it can't find the address of that share.

What would the correct directory name be?

Thanks!

[jimmy_breeze · Accepted solution]

I have figured it out. I was able to get to /mynasname/Videos. I swear I did this yesterday and it said it was not a directory. But now I am finally copying over my plex data! Thanks!

[Sandshark]

Asuming OS6.x, the shares are in /data.  So the Videos share is /data/Videos.  Don't forget to change ownership and/or permissions so you can access them using a user other than "root".

If it's an older NAS, please specify.

[jimmy_breeze]

Thanks, Sandshark. And yes, I am on OS6.6.1.

It is saying /data/Videos is not a valid directory. (And yes, I do have a share named Videos.)

[jak0lantash]

Maybe your volume isn't called data?

btrfs fi sh
mount | grep md127

[jimmy_breeze · Accepted solution]

I have figured it out. I was able to get to /mynasname/Videos. I swear I did this yesterday and it said it was not a directory. But now I am finally copying over my plex data! Thanks!

[Sandshark]

If you are normally a DOS/Windows person (as I am) then you have to be diligent about the direction of the slashes and case sensitivity.  I'm always doing a Homer Simpson "Duh!" when I get under the hood on a Linux system.  Glad you figured it out.

[StephenB]

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@Sandshark wrote:

I'm always doing a Homer Simpson "Duh!" when I get under the hood on a Linux system.  

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Nice to hear it's not just me.

Don't know why Bill Gates reversed the slashes back in the day, but I really wish he hadn't.

[jak0lantash]

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@StephenB wrote:

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@Sandshark wrote:

I'm always doing a Homer Simpson "Duh!" when I get under the hood on a Linux system.  

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Nice to hear it's not just me.

Don't know why Bill Gates reversed the slashes back in the day, but I really wish he hadn't.

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If you want to push it one step further:

1. Install Git SCM for Windows: https://git-for-windows.github.io/

2. Add "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin" to your %PATH%.

3. Enjoy using Linux commands with Windows style path:

C:\>ls -1sh "C:\Program Files\Git"
total 2.7M
 20K LICENSE.txt
 96K ReleaseNotes.html
   0 bin
4.0K cmd
   0 dev
4.0K etc
140K git-bash.exe
148K git-cmd.exe
   0 mingw64
   0 tmp
1.1M unins000.dat
1.3M unins000.exe
 24K unins000.msg
   0 usr

C:\>cat "%ProgramFiles%\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: ConHost
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Disabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled