Has anybody tried Bill, N6WS' procedure for installing DX Spider on Raspi?  I

have had two attempts, the second one after re-formatting and re imaging my SD,

but both attempts failed at "CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider" (my quote

marks) with the error message 'cannot overwrite non-directory /spider with

directory /home/sysop/spider.new/'



I am running 2012-12-16 Raspbian Wheezy on a 4GB SDHC and a Pi model B.



As I am new to Debian I am somewhat at a loss (English understatement for

'clueless'!).



Any help appreciated



73



Tim

G3PJD

John



Thanks for the thoughts.  Indeed, despite my my ignorance of the language I

can't see how spider/ gets created.  Think I will create it and try again!



73



Tim

G3PJD



--- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, "John Wiseman"  wrote:

>

> Tim,

>

> I used it a while ago, but I cant remember if I adapted it at all.

>

> The message suggests that /spider doesnt exist, which suggests that either

> the

>

> ln -s ~sysop/spider /spider failed, or there isn't a spider folder under

> user sysop's home directory.

>

> Actually, I cant see where in the instructions the spider folder is created

> - but I may be missing it!

>

> 73, John

>

>

>   _____

>

> From: Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com

> [mailto:Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of g3pjd

> Sent: 07 February 2013 16:50

> To: Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com

> Subject: [Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO] DXSpider on the pi

>

>

>

>

> Has anybody tried Bill, N6WS' procedure for installing DX Spider on Raspi? I

> have had two attempts, the second one after re-formatting and re imaging my

> SD, but both attempts failed at "CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider" (my

> quote marks) with the error message 'cannot overwrite non-directory /spider

> with directory /home/sysop/spider.new/'

>

> I am running 2012-12-16 Raspbian Wheezy on a 4GB SDHC and a Pi model B.

>

> As I am new to Debian I am somewhat at a loss (English understatement for

> 'clueless'!).

>

> Any help appreciated

>

> 73

>

> Tim

> G3PJD

>

 

John

Thanks for the thoughts. Indeed, despite my my ignorance of the language I can't see how spider/ gets created. Think I will create it and try again!

73

Tim
G3PJD

--- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, "John Wiseman" wrote:
>
> Tim,
>
> I used it a while ago, but I cant remember if I adapted it at all.
>
> The message suggests that /spider doesnt exist, which suggests that either
> the
>
> ln -s ~sysop/spider /spider failed, or there isn't a spider folder under
> user sysop's home directory.
>
> Actually, I cant see where in the instructions the spider folder is created
> - but I may be missing it!
>
> 73, John
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of g3pjd
> Sent: 07 February 2013 16:50
> To: Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO] DXSpider on the pi
>
>
>
>
> Has anybody tried Bill, N6WS' procedure for installing DX Spider on Raspi? I
> have had two attempts, the second one after re-formatting and re imaging my
> SD, but both attempts failed at "CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider" (my
> quote marks) with the error message 'cannot overwrite non-directory /spider
> with directory /home/sysop/spider.new/'
>
> I am running 2012-12-16 Raspbian Wheezy on a 4GB SDHC and a Pi model B.
>
> As I am new to Debian I am somewhat at a loss (English understatement for
> 'clueless'!).
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> 73
>
> Tim
> G3PJD
>

CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider



maybe should be



cp -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider



Unless CP is an alias to cp.



--- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, "g3pjd"  wrote:

>

> Has anybody tried Bill, N6WS' procedure for installing DX Spider on Raspi?  I

have had two attempts, the second one after re-formatting and re imaging my SD,

but both attempts failed at "CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider" (my quote

marks) with the error message 'cannot overwrite non-directory /spider with

directory /home/sysop/spider.new/'

>

> I am running 2012-12-16 Raspbian Wheezy on a 4GB SDHC and a Pi model B.

>

> As I am new to Debian I am somewhat at a loss (English understatement for

'clueless'!).

>

> Any help appreciated

>

> 73

>

> Tim

> G3PJD

>

K2DMS wrote:

     >CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider

     >

     >maybe should be

     >

     >cp -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider

     >

     >Unless CP is an alias to cp.



I hafta ask -- why aren't you simply creating a symbolic link?



sudo ln -s /home/sysop/spider.new /spider



Not sure how much file space is used by ~sysop/spider.new but

it's getting duplicated with a 'cp'.  A symbolic link is simply

a "pointer" yet effectively connects /spider to ~sysop/spider.new.

On the other hand, if you want to keep the spider.new directory

pristine in case something goes wrong... 'cp' is not a bad thing.



Sorry for jumping in out of the left-field bleachers. :)



	 -Rusty-

--

    _____                Rusty Haddock  <=>  AE5AE

|\/   o \   o             Way out yonder in the

|   (  -<  O o      Van Alstyne (TX) Metropolitan Area

|/\__V__/       Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

As I understand it, the contents of spider.new are copied to /spider by this

line, and the next line in the procedure removes the directory spider.new.



If I am right, then this little glimmer of understanding is clear progress for

me!!



Not sure what  a left field bleacher is, but it sounds painful!



73



Tim

G3PJD

--- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, Rusty Haddock  wrote:

>

> K2DMS wrote:

>     >CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider

>     >

>     >maybe should be

>     >

>     >cp -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider

>     >

>     >Unless CP is an alias to cp.

>

> I hafta ask -- why aren't you simply creating a symbolic link?

>

> sudo ln -s /home/sysop/spider.new /spider

>

> Not sure how much file space is used by ~sysop/spider.new but

> it's getting duplicated with a 'cp'.  A symbolic link is simply

> a "pointer" yet effectively connects /spider to ~sysop/spider.new.

> On the other hand, if you want to keep the spider.new directory

> pristine in case something goes wrong... 'cp' is not a bad thing.

>

> Sorry for jumping in out of the left-field bleachers. :)

>

>  -Rusty-

> --

>    _____                Rusty Haddock  <=>  AE5AE

> |\/   o \   o             Way out yonder in the

> |   (  -<  O o      Van Alstyne (TX) Metropolitan Area

> |/\__V__/       Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

>

 

As I understand it, the contents of spider.new are copied to /spider by this line, and the next line in the procedure removes the directory spider.new.

If I am right, then this little glimmer of understanding is clear progress for me!!

Not sure what a left field bleacher is, but it sounds painful!

73

Tim
G3PJD
--- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, Rusty Haddock wrote:
>
> K2DMS wrote:
> >CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider
> >
> >maybe should be
> >
> >cp -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider
> >
> >Unless CP is an alias to cp.
>
> I hafta ask -- why aren't you simply creating a symbolic link?
>
> sudo ln -s /home/sysop/spider.new /spider
>
> Not sure how much file space is used by ~sysop/spider.new but
> it's getting duplicated with a 'cp'. A symbolic link is simply
> a "pointer" yet effectively connects /spider to ~sysop/spider.new.
> On the other hand, if you want to keep the spider.new directory
> pristine in case something goes wrong... 'cp' is not a bad thing.
>
> Sorry for jumping in out of the left-field bleachers. :)
>
> -Rusty-
> --
> _____ Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE
> |\/ o \ o Way out yonder in the
> | ( -< O o Van Alstyne (TX) Metropolitan Area
> |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
>

CP in caps is my typo in this posting.  I typed it correctly when loading the

SD.



Note to self:  Read through more carefully before hitting 'SEND'!



73



Self



--- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, "K2DMS"  wrote:

>

> CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider

>

> maybe should be

>

> cp -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider

>

> Unless CP is an alias to cp.

>

> --- In Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO@yahoogroups.com, "g3pjd"  wrote:

> >

> > Has anybody tried Bill, N6WS' procedure for installing DX Spider on Raspi? 

I have had two attempts, the second one after re-formatting and re imaging my

SD, but both attempts failed at "CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider" (my

quote marks) with the error message 'cannot overwrite non-directory /spider with

directory /home/sysop/spider.new/'

> >

> > I am running 2012-12-16 Raspbian Wheezy on a 4GB SDHC and a Pi model B.

> >

> > As I am new to Debian I am somewhat at a loss (English understatement for

'clueless'!).

> >

> > Any help appreciated

> >

> > 73

> >

> > Tim

> > G3PJD

> >

>

the easiest way to do this that I know of is using a GUI file manager, 2nd way

is using the file

manager in webmin.

if you want to do it from the command line then try this:



you could try reading the manual on the copy command: man cp



or just try this:

cd /home/sysop/spider.new

cp -R * /spider

this might also work: cp -R .. /spider



that will copy all files without a "." in them.

if there are files with periods in the filenames, you might have to run it again

with *.*



the switch [-R | -r | --recursive]  should copy the sub-directories recursively.



-Jim-

Visit my Pi running ircddb, dvrptr, Apache & many other things:

http://n1jmm.no-ip.org



On 2/7/13 11:50 AM, g3pjd wrote:

> Has anybody tried Bill, N6WS' procedure for installing DX Spider on Raspi?  I

have had two attempts, the second one after re-formatting and re imaging my SD,

but both attempts failed at "CP -a /home/sysop/spider.new/ /spider" (my quote

marks) with the error message 'cannot overwrite non-directory /spider with

directory /home/sysop/spider.new/'

>

> I am running 2012-12-16 Raspbian Wheezy on a 4GB SDHC and a Pi model B.

>

> As I am new to Debian I am somewhat at a loss (English understatement for

'clueless'!).

>

> Any help appreciated

>

> 73

>

> Tim

> G3PJD

>

>

>

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