Simon,
Is it possible to have cp skip some directories when using cp -R?
Dunno, but cpio -p would be able to solve your problem.
$ find . -print | cpio -pdmuv /new/directory
Find simply generates a list of file names, which cpio reads on it's
standard input
as a list to copy. Obviously you can put any filter you like between
find and cpio,
but you can also use anything to create the list to feed to cpio.
$ find . -print | egrep -v '(not-this|nor-that)' | cpio -pdmuv
/new/directory
$ cat my-list-of-files | cpio -pdmuv /new/directory
HTH
P.
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