Linux OS command to copy folder/directory and all its contents to another folder/directory

root@Microknoppix:~/vmware#

root@Microknoppix:~/vmware#

root@Microknoppix:~/vmware# pwd

/root/vmware

root@Microknoppix:~/vmware# cp -avr /root/vmware /media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo su

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# cd /media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup# ls -alh

total 2.0K

drwxrwxrwx 3 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 20 05:38 .

drwx------ 53 knoppix knoppix 2.3K Oct 20 05:28 ..

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 88 Oct 20 05:24 vmware

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup# ls -alh

total 2.0K

drwxrwxrwx 3 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 20 05:38 .

drwx------ 53 knoppix knoppix 2.3K Oct 20 05:28 ..

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 88 Oct 20 05:24 vmware

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup# ls -alh

total 2.0K

drwxrwxrwx 3 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 20 05:38 .

drwx------ 53 knoppix knoppix 2.3K Oct 20 05:28 ..

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 88 Oct 20 05:24 vmware

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup# cd vmware

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup/vmware# ls -alh

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 88 Oct 20 05:24 .

drwxrwxrwx 3 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 20 05:38 ..

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 344 Oct 19 23:46 Windows_XP_Professional

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup/vmware# cd Windows_XP_Professional

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup/vmware/Windows_XP_Professional#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup/vmware/Windows_XP_Professional# ls -alh

total 3.9G

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 344 Oct 19 23:46 .

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 88 Oct 20 05:24 ..

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Oct 17 15:06 caches

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 598K Oct 19 23:46 vmware.log

-rw------- 1 root root 8.5K Oct 19 23:46 Windows XP Professional.nvram

-rw------- 1 root root 3.9G Oct 19 23:46 Windows XP Professional.vmdk

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 17 14:50 Windows XP Professional.vmsd

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.7K Oct 19 23:46 Windows XP Professional.vmx

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.9K Oct 17 15:05 Windows XP Professional.vmxf

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup/vmware/Windows_XP_Professional#

root@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/home/knoppix/Downloads_4617/vmware_xp_backup/vmware/Windows_XP_Professional#