> The permissions on that directory are 755 and it's owned by me. Since I > have no problems writing other files to that directory I must have the > command syntax incorrect but I don't see where.
In this case, it's not about YOU and your permissions, it's about the server. The COPY command writes data as the 'postgres' operating system user (or whichever user owns the postgres backend process).
--Scott
Where is the server and where are you? You are issuing a command to the server to create a file at that path on the server.
