Creating a copy of a database -- best practice?

I can easily do something like this:

CREATE DATABASE C:\Backup\MyDBC.dbc OPEN DATABASE C:\Production\MyDBC.dbc liNumTables = adbobjects(laTables,'TABLE') for ii = 1 to liNumTables lcFile = forceext("C:\BACKUP" + laTables[ii],'dbf') use laTables[ii] copy to (lcFile) database C:\Backup\MyDBC.dbc with cdx use endfor

...and that would get me a copy of all of the tables with their indexes. Great. But what's the easiest way to get all of the DBC meta-data into that new Backup database copy? I can't USE the MyDBC.dbc and do a COPY TO as that only makes the result a DBF and FPT.

Trying to think about a good disaster recovery plan (besides using CleverFox from Rick Schummer and Frank Perez...which is probably the best option!) for automating backups at the client who just got that ransomware virus.

tia, --Mike