Copying an entire directory in FreeBSD (a Unix based operating system similar to Linux) is very easy.
The following example is to copy a directory on a web server. Firstly, you must create the destination directory.
Go to the parent directory and run the following command:
mkdir DESTINATIONDIRECTORYNAME
This will create a directory inside the parent directory. Replace DESTINATIONDIRECTORYNAME with a directory name of your choosing.
Next, run the command to copy all of the files from the source directory into the destination directory.
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