i am getting error when i am using copy command

Hi ..

1) I created one table

2) Create table penchal(id integer, name varchar(12),age integer);

3) Then I inserted some values into this table.........

4) Insert into penchal values(1,'reddy',2);

5) Select * from penchal ; I used this statement to display the
values in a table

6) Finaly I want to use copy ....

7) But I am getting error when I am using this copy statement

Copy penchal to '/tmp/penchal.out'

When I am using this statement I am getting error is : could not open
file '/tmp/penchal.out' for writing: no such file or directory..

May I know y I am getting this error........ pls any one can help me
for this..

Thanks & Regards

Penchal reddy | Software Engineer

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