You can access a CD's files and directories just like any other file system. The only significant restrictions are ownership and permissions. For instance, if you copy a file from a CD into your file system, you'll be the owner, but you won't have write permissions (because the file never had them on the CD); you'll have to change the permissions yourself.
Make sure the CD is mounted.
$ ls /cdrom |
The ls command displays the contents of a mounted CD. If no contents are displayed, see "How to Load a CD".
Copy the files or directories.
To Copy ... |
Use ... |
---|---|
A file |
cp |
A directory |
cp -r |
The following example uses cp to copy a single file from the /cdrom/solstice_sysmgt_2_3 directory into the system's working directory (denoted by the ".").
$ cp /cdrom/solstice_sysmgt_2_3/README . $ ls -l -r--r--r-- 1 pmorph users 4618 May 9 08:09 README |
Note that when a file or directory is copied from a CD into your file system, you become its owner, but it retains the permissions it had on the CD:
-r--r--r--
To overwrite it, you'll need to change the permissions with the chmod command. See "Securing Files (Tasks)" in System Administration Guide, Volume 2 for more information on using the chmod command.