RE: [PHP] Can I Copy a directory using PHP?

Careful! use cp instead of mv Quoting "Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO)" <hitcho@php.net>: ### If you are using Unix simply call out the shell using back ticks `mv xxx ### xxx` or check out. ### ### http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php ### ### ### ### Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) ### Open Platform Consulting ### e-mail: tim@hitcho.com.au ### ### > -----Original Message----- ### > From: Alex Ciurea [mailto:alex@netonwave.com] ### > Sent: Monday, 13 January 2003 7:53 PM ### > To: php-general@lists.php.net ### > 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 ### > ### > ### > -- ### > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) ### > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ### > ### ### ### -- ### PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) ### To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ### ###