public static void copy(File src, File dest) throws IOException {

		if (src.isDirectory()) {

			// if directory not exists, create it
			if (!dest.exists()) {
				dest.mkdir();
				System.out.println("Directory copied from " + src + "  to "
						+ dest);
			}

			// list all the directory contents
			String files[] = src.list();

			for (String file : files) {
				// construct the src and dest file structure
				File srcFile = new File(src, file);
				File destFile = new File(dest, file);
				// recursive copy
				copy(srcFile, destFile);
			}

		} else {
			// if file, then copy it
			// Use bytes stream to support all file types
			InputStream in = new FileInputStream(src);
			OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(dest);

			byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

			int length;
			// copy the file content in bytes
			while ((length = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
				out.write(buffer, 0, length);
			}

			in.close();
			out.close();
		}
	}