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Background:

I am trying to copy files from a raspberry pi 3 (raspbian jessie) to an Android phone connected as an mtp device. I want to do it over the command line so that I can write a script to automate it. If I try to use a simple cp command, I get a permissions error. I read here that I should use gvfs-copy instead for transferring files to an mtp device.

Problem:

When I try to run gvfs-copy in the command line I get a "command not found" error. I can see the command in the man pages, I just can't run it.

If I run whereis gvfs-copy I get gvfs-copy: /usr/share/man/man1/gvfs-copy.1.gz

If I run whereis cp I get cp: /bin/cp /usr/share/man/man1/cp.1.gz

Do I need to extract gvfs-copy.1.gz to /bin/gvfs-copy to be able to run it? And why would some commands be ready to run and others not?

Sarah Kirby
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I just had to install the package gvfs-bin, which I would have seen if I read more of the answers on the original post I linked to.

I still don't understand why a command in the man pages wouldn't be installed already, that seems misleading to me.

Sarah Kirby
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