Careful!

use cp instead of mv

Quoting "Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

### If you are using Unix simply call out the shell using back ticks `mv xxx
### xxx` or check out.
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### http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
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### Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO)
### Open Platform Consulting
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### > -----Original Message-----
### > From: Alex Ciurea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
### > Sent: Monday, 13 January 2003 7:53 PM
### > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
### > Subject: [PHP] Can I Copy a directory using PHP?
### > 
### > 
### > Hello,
### > 
### > I want to write a script that makes a backup of a database directory.
### > 
### > Actually, to copy all database files to another directory.
### > I've figured that I have to use the "copy" function of the 
### > PHP, but the function doesn't works only with files?
### > 
### > 
### > 
### > Is it possible to copy the entire directory to another 
### > location, using PHP? I presume that is more 
### > "resource-friendly" than to copy the directory file-by-file.
### > 
### > 
### > Thanks and best regards,
### > Alexoiul
### > 
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