// "copy" the container means creating a folder with that name
// and let the children copy
// create the folder
File outdir = new File(basefile, sourcename);
outdir.mkdir();
LocalFolderImpl rootcopyfolder = new LocalFolderImpl(outdir, this);
List<VFSItem> children = sourcecontainer.getItems();
for (VFSItem chd:children) {
VFSStatus status = rootcopyfolder.copyFrom(chd, false);