How do I copy a list of folders recursively, ignoring errors?

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I want to copy a bunch of folders recursively. However, I don't want one error preventing the copy from finishing. Is there any way to do a recursive copy(cp -R), ignoring (but logging) all errors produced? I'm on Mac OS X, but I assume the answer would be the same for *nixes.

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