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Title Copying a tree structure (copying a directory + subdirectories)
Ref. No. QNX.000006048
Category(ies) Filesystem
Issue How can you make a complete copy of a directory and its subdirectories?

Solution E.g.

Directory wanted to copy: "My_Downloads"
Location: /home/bob/My_Downloads/

1.  cd /home/bob/
2.  cp -c -R My_Downloads /[dest_directory]

* Fill in [dest_directory] with the location for the new directory.