Failing to copy a folder to /var/www/html/ using cp command

Question

I was trying to copy a folder from home directory to apache2 server root directory i.e., /var/www/html in my Ubuntu 14.04. I was using the following command-

$ sudo cp Folder /var/www/html

And getting following result-

cp: omitting directory ‘Folder Name’

Answer 1

for copy folders you must use "-R" option , try it :

cp -Rv Folder /var/www/html

-R for copy folders

-v for see what folders and files are copied

also for more information please run command :

man cp