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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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