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For some reason, neither of the following get the behavior I expected:
FileUtils.cp_r 'src/*', 'dest'
`cp -r src/* dest`
I need a period, not an asterisk.
From the docs:
FileUtils.cp_r 'src/.', 'dest'
# cp_r('src', 'dest') makes src/dest, but this doesn't.
`cp -r src/. dest` also works.
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