Copy content to another directory on the server

Hi.
How can I copy over all the content from site.com/dir1 to site.com/dir2 on the server?

 

Hope this help...

 

I think he is copying to the same server?

in which case, I would use a cp -Rfp:

cp -Rfp /home/USERNAME/public_html/FOLDER /home/USERNAME2/public_html/

this will place the files from "FOLDER" in from USERNAME to USERNAME2's public_html/FOLDER

Alternantely, if you were doing a sync to another server, I prefer to utilize rsync.

- Sebastian Rametta

 

Same server yes, thanks.
And when you move files like that will the file permissions stay?
And this is files that if I transfer them with ftp I have to use binary mode or else they get corrupted, will this apply here or is it not an issue when moving the files on the same server?

 

Use chown:username function to get the permissions to the username back

 

Since you are on the same server, if you use the command:

cp -Rfp /home/USERNAME/public_html/FOLDER /home/USERNAME2/public_html/

it will copy the folder with the same permissions.

then what you want do to is:

cd /home/USERNAME2/public_html/

chown -R user2.user2 FOLDER

replace user2 with the new usernames username.

The cp -Rfp preserves the permissions and copies recursively, then the chown changes the ownership to the new user.

- Sebastian Ramettta