Final Year Project: Using Linux Filesystems Under Windows   Chris Bryden BEng. Electronics and Software Engineering    School of Computer Science   University of Birmingham 68 To view the contents of a directory other than the current directory, a path can be supplied to ls. For example, ls /usr/bin/   Gives a directory listing of the /usr/bin directory. 18.6  Changing Directory - The ‘cd’ Command The  cd  command  is  used  to  change  the  current  directory.  The  current directory  is  displayed  in  the  command  prompt.  The  cd  command  accepts  one argument, the directory to change to. For example, cd   usr      changes   the   current   directory   to   the   ‘usr’ directory.   18.7   18.8  Copying a File - The cp Command The  cp  command  is  used  to  copy  a  file  form  a  location  on  the  ext2 filesystem  to  a  location  on  the  DOS  filesystem.  It  accepts  two  arguments,  the path of the source file and the path of the destination file. So, for example, cp  /usr/src/linux/Makefile  F:\Users\Chris\code\Makefile copies the file ‘Makefile;’ from the ext2 filesystem to the DOS directory shown. Note  that  both  paths  must  be  specified  in  full,  with  the  drive  letter  and  the destination filename specified for the destination path. If   the   destination   file   already   exists,   a   prompt   appears   asking   whether   to overwrite the file: Simply press ‘y’ to overwrite the file, or ‘n’ to abort the operation. If a file is copied successfully, a message is displayed indicating this and giving the average transfer rate. If an error occurs an error message is displayed.