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How do you move an entire directory in the /root

Asked by Manmetal

How do you move an entire directory in the /root with files in them?

I am trying to copy a entire directory in the /root to another location outside of the root so I must use the command line but I can only copy the files and not the sub directories from the target directory.

i.e. sudo cp /opt/joomla/ *.* /opt/xampp

I only get the files not the directories in the folder

Thanks,

Jerry

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#1

sudo cp -r /opt/joomla /opt/xampp

-r (-R or --recursive) can be used with many other commands

Use "mv" instead of "cp" if you want to rename.

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