how to copy all files from one location to another in linux

Question

I want to copy all the folders and files in the /var/www/ directory to another directory /media/magneto/

How do I do this?

I tried this command

cp -pRiv /var/www/ /media/magneto/

that didn't work because it basically created a directory called www underneath magento and started copying...

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '11 at 05:19

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Try

cp -R /var/www /media/magneto Avoid the extra forward slash at the end of the path name.

Or

you can navigate to the /var directory in terminal and then try

cp -R www /media/magneto

edited May 04 '11 at 05:19

Kracekumar

answered May 04 '11 at 04:32

Thomas

This did not work for me. It still copied over the "www" folder. I followed the last example, and even left off trailing slashes – Nick Rolando Aug 13 '15 at 20:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 04 '11 at 07:27

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If the magneto directory exists, you can use the following command:

cp -R /var/www /media/magneto

If it doesn't already exist you can use the following command to create it:

rsync -av /var/www/ /media/magneto

edited May 04 '11 at 07:27

Gareth

answered May 04 '11 at 04:44

Kracekumar

Brian Vandenberg · Answer 3 · 2011-05-04T04:37:17.833

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cp -pRiv /var/www/{*,.*} /media/magneto

and, dovetailing off Thomas' answer:

pushd /var/www; cp -R . /media/magneto; popd;

edited May 04 '11 at 04:37

answered May 04 '11 at 04:20

Brian Vandenberg

Will this not ignore hidden files? – Jason May 04 '11 at 04:30
@Jason - There ya go. That should do it -- at least, it will work in bash, csh, and tcsh. – Brian Vandenberg May 04 '11 at 04:31

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 26 '18 at 07:00

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cp -R /var/www /media/magneto

This will copy www folder to /media/magneto folder
Use below cmd:

cp -R /var/www/* /media/magneto

This will copy all the files and folder to /media/magneto folder from www folder

edited Jun 26 '18 at 07:00

Glorfindel

answered Jun 26 '18 at 05:55

MukulChakane

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