Linux Folder Copy command?

[smartcard]

I have a folder in my Linux hosting account (I have ssh connection to the server) same as

\newversion\files

I need to copy this to

\public_html\files

But I already have the old version files under the \public_html\files folder.

Can you please tell me the command in Linux to do this task?

[coho75]

You can use 'mv \newversion\files \public_html\files'

This will copy all the files from the source directory to the destination directory. If you wanted to copy just one file from one directory to another, you could use 'cp'

[Matt Probert]

mv MOVEs the source files to the specified destination.

cp COPYs the source files to the specified destination.

For more information, try:

man cp

and

man mv

Matt

[StupidScript]

Matt's idea is best (learn all you can!) ...

In the meantime:

cp -r /original/dir /copied/dir