Thursday, September 03, 2009

Copy entire folder in Linux

Copy entire folder in Linux

To copy an entire folder (directory tree) in Linux, use the following method:

mkdir target_directorycd source_directorycp -ap . target_directory
Other options:
cp -apv . target_directory (for verbose results)\
cp -ap . target_directory (for unix)

More info:-
linuxguide.sourceforge.net
CategoriesUnix/Linux Reference

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