How to transfer folders and subdirectories (20170210) The Dolphin file manager in Kubuntu can be used to transfer files. However, if you try to transfer whole directories with subdirectories and the files in them, it does not always work. When I tried this, after the computer crash, Dolphin transferred the directories, but not the files! Better to use CLI, the Command Line Interface. Issuing one cryptic, gargantuan command will do exactly what you want with no muss, and no fuss. rsync is the command you want-- A quick google search brought up rsync, a CLI command for synchronizing directories. The general format of the command is; rsync -avr /miscellaneous/source/directory /miscellaneous/destination/directory Of course, you have to figure out what exactly goes into the directory pathways. Choose your options -avr is the options part of the command, where “a” means file attributes will transfer, including permissions, comments, etc. “v” means verbose = show what’s being done “r”