Re: How to Copy Directory Structure w/o Copying Files

From: Ross Alexander (ralexan9@telusplanet.net)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 13:37:01 EDT

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Ranbir Singh wrote:

> I am trying to copy the entire substructure of a directory to another directory. How can I do this without copying the actual files in those subdirectories as well?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> RS

You might try

    cd $OLDDIR
    find . -type d |\
        sed -e '/^\.$/d' -e 's/^..//' |\
            cpio -p $NEWDIR

regards,
Ross

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