How can I recursively copy a directory into another and replace only the files that have not changed?

Question

I am looking to do a specific copy in Fedora.

I have two folders:

• \'webroot\': holding ALL web files/images etc

• \'export\': folder cont

Answer 1

1. -u overwrites existing files folder if the destination is older than source
2. -p perserves the permission and dates
3. -f turns off verbosity
4. -r makes the copy recursive

So looks like you got all the correct args to cp