Need some help getting rsync or cp command right

Hello,

I am trying rsync and cp from within ssh but i’m not specifying my directories correctly.

i would like to make a copy of a folder and it’s contents that resides in the Public folder on my EX2 Ultra
to a folder that resides in the root of the USB-attached drive called MyBook.

would i specify the source directory starting with “/shares/Public/ …” ? this is what an ls print looks like when I am in the EX2 via ssh:

root@MyCloudEX2Ultra  # ls -al
drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 .
drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 ..
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:25 CacheVolume
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:25 bin
drwxrwxrwt    7 root     root         14540 Feb  3 23:26 dev
drwxr-xr-x   23 root     root          3072 Feb  3 23:26 etc
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          1024 Jan  7 00:21 home
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         22528 Feb  3 23:25 lib
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            11 Jan  7 00:21 linuxrc -> bin/busybox
drwx------    2 root     root         12288 Jan  7 00:21 lost+found
drwxrwxrwt    6 root     root           120 Feb  3 23:25 mnt
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             7 Feb  3 23:26 nfs -> /shares
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:25 opt
dr-xr-xr-x  153 root     root             0 Dec 31  1969 proc
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          1024 Jan  7 00:21 root
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 run
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:25 sbin
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 shares
dr-xr-xr-x   12 root     root             0 Feb  3 23:25 sys
drwxrwxrwt   10 root     root          1860 Feb 20 16:03 tmp
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:25 usr
drwxr-xr-x   13 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 var
root@MyCloudEX2Ultra  #

here is what’s in shares:

root@MyCloudEX2Ultra shares # ls -al
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 .
drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root          1024 Feb  3 23:26 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            20 Feb  3 23:26 .wdphotos -> /mnt/HD_a4/.wdphotos
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            16 Feb  3 23:26 MyBook -> /mnt/USB/USB1_b2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            20 Feb  3 23:26 Public -> /mnt/HD/HD_a2/Public
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            23 Feb  3 23:26 SmartWare -> /mnt/HD/HD_a2/SmartWare
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            31 Feb  3 23:26 TimeMachineBackup -> /mnt/HD/HD_a2/TimeMachineBackup
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            13 Feb  3 23:26 Volume_1 -> /mnt/HD/HD_a2

root@MyCloudEX2Ultra shares #

thank you,
i saw that after i posted, tried again and it worked …