ncp is a Node.js utility for recursively copying directories and files. It efficiently handles file permissions, timestamps, and symlinks, ensuring data integrity during the copy process. It offers robust error handling and can also cope with edge cases when operating systems forbid linking files. This makes ncp a dependable choice for deployment scripts, backup solutions, or any application requiring reliable file and directory duplication, when you want to also copy permissions and timestamps and are not willing to use cp -r or fs-extra.