topic Re: Copy the file system structure in Operating System - HP-UX

Copy the file system structure

Ranjit_3 — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:38:57 GMT

Hi ,
How to copy only the file system structure not the files within it .

e.g : I have a folder named "a" and inside one more folder named "b" with some files and similar folders . I just want to copy the empty file system structure with folders and sub-folders not the files .

Thanks in advance.

Re: Copy the file system structure

Bernhard Mueller — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:44:30 GMT

Ranjit,

cd
find . -xdev -type d | cpio -pduvmx

Regards,
Bernhard

Re: Copy the file system structure

Muthukumar_5 — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:45:12 GMT

Yes. You can try as,

# go to source file system structure directory
cd /home/source

for dir `find . $ ! -name . $ -type d`
do

mkdir /home/dest/$dir

done

hth.

Re: Copy the file system structure

Hilary Nicholson — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:47:10 GMT

Use find with the option type d

find . -type d |cpio -pvdum

Regards,

Hilary

Re: Copy the file system structure

Pedro Cirne — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:48:48 GMT

Hi,

You can use:

#find /folder -type d -exec cp {} /new_structure \;

Enjoy :-)

Re: Copy the file system structure

Ranjit_3 — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:56:10 GMT

Thanks to all for the quick answers .

Bye...