how can this be accomplished? I'd like to back up a directory myself, and not the parsed files, but the scripts and everything as I see it in cpanel. BTW: Sillly question and unsure where to post so i put it here.
If you do it within cpanel; you'd go to the backup utility; but you'd have to backup your whole directory; not just a selected directory. Usually under Tools/backup; yours may differ depending on your skin and version. Alternatively; you can ftp into your site and download files individually; or a selected folder. You can even use your browser: ftp://userid:password@yourdomainname.com <edit> ok; lemme spread this out: ftp://userid : password @ yourdomainname.com