Recreating Directory Trees?

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export NEWPATH=/somewhere;cd /my-tree;find . -type d|cut -b3-|(while read 
DIR;do mkdir -p "$NEWPATH/$DIR");done
Use at your own risk...   :)
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Andrew Tuna Harris writes: 

> Hello there! 
> 
> "Hellther." 
> 
> I am about to create a Ruby script to sync my music directory with my
> MP3 player. Before I start, I would like a nice test environment, as my
> MP3 player uses a particular directory tree. 
> 
> Is there a nice easy way to copy a directory tree without copying over
> all its files? For example, let's say the device has something like... 
> 
> MP3 Player
> |
>  `-Videos/
> |
>  `-Music/
>  |
>   `-Playlists/ 
> 
> 
> and in those subdirs are like over 9000 video, music, and playlist
> files. Can I just copy that structure and leave all those files behind?
> so that I have 
> 
> loltestdir/
> |
>  `-Videos/
> |
>  `-Music/
>  |
>   `-Playlists/ 
> 
> but without any files in there? 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> -tuna
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