Recursive copy

[Marc Evans Ultrix Q/A]

I can think of a couple of different ways to solve your problem.

Option 1:

cd $directory_to_copy
cpio -padvm . $target_directory_name

Option 2:

cd $directory_to_copy
tar cf - | (cd $target_directory_name && tar xvf -)

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