Copying Directories

[LinuxColonel]

Whats the best way to copy a directory into another directory in Linux?

[Evil Jeff]

cp dirname destinationdirname

or

mv dirname destinationdirname

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[Luthor]

Midnight Commander - "mc" at the CLI is also a nice dual paned Norton Commander like app that makes it easier to navigate the filesystem.

Try it to see if it fits your way of looking at things. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif



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Luthor St. James
(aka [AcK]BillTheCat)

[LinuxColonel]

I cant cp like that, I get an error, could't find a switch either, dunno, I'm a newby, I suck! mwahahahaha....

but seriously, cp didnt work for some reason...

anyone know a better way

[stiles]

what error did you get?

[Strike]

cp -r <directory-name> <destination>

-r = recursively