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Subject: Re: how to copy directory and contents? 
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From: Sriranga Veeraraghavan <ranga@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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> How do you copy a directory? I have used cp to copy files, but I am
> not sure about copying a directory and all the files within. 

I find that cpio is the prefered way to do this (several others have
mentioned tar):

$ cd <src> && find . -depth -print | cpio -pvd <dest>

----ranga


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