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how do you copy a directory and its contents to a new location under a new directory name?
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I find it easier to change to the directory I’m copying from first. For this example change to a directory everyone has called /boot. Anyone can copy and paste the commands below into their Terminal.
cd /boot
sudo mkdir /boot_backup
sudo cp -r . /boot_backup
du /boot_backup -h
752K /boot_backup/extlinux/themes/debian-wheezy
756K /boot_backup/extlinux/themes
832K /boot_backup/extlinux
2.5M /boot_backup/grub/i386-pc
20K /boot_backup/grub/locale
2.3M /boot_backup/grub/fonts
7.2M /boot_backup/grub
565M /boot_backup
For the cp command the current directory is identified as . which is the /boot directory we changed to. The -r option makes it recursive to include all sub-directories.
To ensure it worked run du to list all sub-directories and total file sizes in the new directory /boot_backup in this case.
After finishing this walk-through, use: sudo rm -r /boot_backup to remove the new directory and it’s sub-directories.