.TH cpdir.rdb "" "" "/rdb Command"
.PC "Copy one directory tree to another directory"
\fBcpdir.rdb \fIfromdirectory todirectory\fR
.PP
.II cpdir
.II "copy directory"
.II directory^copy
The command
.B cpdir.rdb
copies a directory tree \(em that is, all directories and
their files \(em from
.I fromdirectory
to
.IR todirectory .
.PP
.B cpdir.rdb
uses the tar command in a special way.
It is a shell program
so you can read it and see how it does it.
It performs almost exactly the same work as the COHERENT command
.BR cpdir .
.SH Example
You might use this to back up a large directory:
.DM
	cpdir.rdb /usr/rdb /usr/rdb.backup
.DE
.PP
The following moves a directory to a preferred place:
.DM
	cpdir.rdb /usr/he.left/goodstuff /usr/project/goodstuff
.DE
.SH "See Also"
COHERENT Lexicon:
.B
cpdir,
tar
.R
.SH Notes
This command is named
.B cpdir.rdb
rather than
.BR cpdir ,
as in other implementations of
.BR /rdb ,
to avoid clashing with the COHERENT command
.BR cpdir .
.SO cpdir.rdb