Convert a xml structure in CDATA

Hello,
I'm using xslt to convert a xml file to another and i want to copy part of de original xml as a CDATA type in the output xml file. My first attempt was something like this:
<![CDATA[<xsl:copy-of select="."/>]]>
of course it didn't work. Could you give me an idea?
thank's

hummmm, thats not what i need.... for instance, in my xml file i have something like this:
<person>
<name>My name</name>
<lastName> My last name</lastName>
</person>
i want the output file to have something like this:
<oldFile><person><name>My name< ..... </oldFile>
Do you think it's possible to do that?

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