Shell Command to copy a directory to another location

Question

In my web application I have to copy a directory and all its contents to another location. I want to use shell_exec function of PHP. But I can't find the command for that.

Answer 1

You can use:

cp -r source dest

Copies source and all contents of source inside dest.

Answer 2

Define "location" more precisely. In any event:

• if the directory is local: cp -r sourcedir destdir;
• if it is remote, using scp: scp -r sourcedir user@targetmachine:destdir