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    Cant seem to move or copy es_systems.cfg

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      indecks
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      I'm using the offical RetroPie image, running a Pi4.

      For some reason my es_systems.cfg is only located in /etc/emulationstation, it doesn't show up in configs/all/emulationstation. So naturally I can't open it using my PC, and I'd rather be able to edit the file with a full mouse/keyboard and text editor. I'm not careful enough to use Nano.

      No matter what I do, I can't seem to get the file to move or even copy, I keep getting this error "cp: cannot create regular file '/configs/all/emulationstation': No such file or directory"

      This is the command I used: sudo cp es_systems.cfg /configs/all/emulationstation

      I even tried sudo cp es_systems.cfg /configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

      what am I doing wrong?

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        indecks @indecks
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        @indecks said in Cant seem to move or copy es_systems.cfg:

        I'm using the offical RetroPie image, running a Pi4.

        For some reason my es_systems.cfg is only located in /etc/emulationstation, it doesn't show up in configs/all/emulationstation. So naturally I can't open it using my PC, and I'd rather be able to edit the file with a full mouse/keyboard and text editor. I'm not careful enough to use Nano.

        No matter what I do, I can't seem to get the file to move or even copy, I keep getting this error "cp: cannot create regular file '/configs/all/emulationstation': No such file or directory"

        This is the command I used: sudo cp es_systems.cfg /configs/all/emulationstation

        I even tried sudo cp es_systems.cfg /configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

        what am I doing wrong?

        Ah, looks like someone on reddit was able to get me squared. :)

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          mitu Global Moderator @indecks
          last edited by mitu

          @indecks said in Cant seem to move or copy es_systems.cfg:

          For some reason my es_systems.cfg is only located in /etc/emulationstation, it doesn't show up in configs/all/emulationstation.

          That's normal, by default the configuration file exists just in /etc/emulationstation. The 2nd location is user controlled and it's not populated unless you copy a configuration file there.

          sudo cp es_systems.cfg /configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

          That's the wrong path, the destination should be /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation.

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            indecks @mitu
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            @mitu Thanks dude!

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