Copy contents of one directory to another

Using FileUtil’s cp_r method, simply add /. at end of the source directory parameter.

Example from Ruby doc below. Assumes a current working directory with src & dest directories.

 FileUtils.cp_r 'src/.', 'dest'

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/fileutils/rdoc/FileUtils.html#method-c-cp_r