The specified location is not mounted

[eli3777]

Ok, please be easy on me. I have kinda been going in over my head with ubuntu.

A while back somebody showed me Nextcloud so I threw stock Ubuntu on a spare desktop I had to try it out. (I have no idea how command line linux works, so I wanted to start with a non server version)
I fallowed some guide and used a cheap domain and had it all up and running. I have messed up something (I think with the domain settings but I cant login local so idk) and I want to just start over, but I want to get the files off the server. I found that they are stored in var/snap/nextcloud/common/nextcloud/data/[nextcloud un]. They all look to be there, but when I try copy them to somewhere like the desktop I get a "error while copying". The extra details say the specific location is not mounted, and I have no idea where to go from here.

Thanks in advance.

[angisky]

Where are you trying to copy them to?

[eli3777]

The desktop/ a usb drive to get the files off the system to my main pc.

[oldos2er]

Can you please copy and paste the exact command you ran and the error message you saw?

[eli3777]

Can you please copy and paste the exact command you ran and the error message you saw?

I was using the file explorer

[mitesh.agrwl]

I was using the file explorer

Regarding how to use command line in Ubuntu, from the menu open a Terminal (Short cut keys Alt+Ctrl+t). If you want to copy a directory use the command cp -R <path to directory> <path of destination folder>.

To check where your disk is mounted use command

 lsblk

In your case the code will be (assuming you are using a usb drive which is mounted on /media/<your_username>/<UUID_of_USB_Disk>

 cp -R /var/snap/nextcloud/common/nextcloud/data/  /media/<your_username>/<UUID_of_USB_Disk>

If error is 'permission denied' try the same command using 'sudo' before cp.