adding a file to a working copy

I do a checkout of an empty project

$ svn checkout URL mydir

Q1. So does this make mydir a working copy...?

I try to add a file located elsewhere in the filesystem to mydir

$ cd mydir
$ svn add /home/sample.txt

I get a message saying its added. However the following ends up blank
(shows no output)

$ svn status

Q2. Shouldn't svn status show something here? Why does it not show
anything?

--deostroll
Received on 2010-01-11 21:07:09 CET