Thanks Clifford.  Let me try cp -r

Chris 


On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 7:52:28 AM UTC-7 Clifford Snow wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 7:08 AM 'super zee' via weewx-user <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Okay thanks Doug.  Let me try it.  
>> If I want to backup copy my whole Belchertown folder, can I use cp 
>> /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown-old  ?
>>
>> Will the cp command copy a whole folder to back it up?  Or is it just for 
>> files?
>>
>> I believe the copy command you want is cp -R /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown 
> /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown-old 
>
> The -R recursively copies all folders to the new location. See man cp
>
> Best,
> Clifford
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