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###From an Ubuntu 16.04 Instance with 20GB of HD space
###Update Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update
###Download Nvidia Software
wget https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.1/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux
mv cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux.run
chmod +x cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux.run

Recursively copy a directory (using cp, tar or rsync)

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How does one make a recursive, identical copy of /source/ into /target/?

I suppose you want to do that for archiving or duplicating something and want to preserve "everything". That includes permissions, ownership, filetypes, timestamps etc.