Copy directory recursively task in MSBuild

So I ran into a situation where I needed to copy a directory to a specific destination through MSBuild.

This is how I could achieve my goal.

	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"&gt;
	<ItemGroup>
	<CloudArtifacts Include=".Cloud\Data\**\*.*"/>
	</ItemGroup>
	<Target Name="CopyFiles">
	<Copy SourceFiles="@(CloudArtifacts)" DestinationFiles="@(CloudArtifacts->'c:\PackableFiles\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
	</Target>
	</Project>

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We can get more details on MS Build Copy task in this link. 

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