Directory structures

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June 1, 2011 at 3:32 pm #52512

Bob Schmid
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Anyone haved a unix-utility-way 8) of taring up or backing up just a directory structure and igonring the files within?
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- June 1, 2011 at 5:15 pm #74512
  
  Ryan Spires
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  Go to the root of the directory you want, type:
  
  find . -type d -print | cpio -ov > dir.cpio
  
  When you need to extract or put back into place… go to the where you want to extract and then type:
  
  cpio -id < dir.cpio This should rebuild your directory structure… I can’t take credit for this… one of my coworkers pointed it out to me. try it in a “safe” place first to make sure it does what you want.
- June 1, 2011 at 6:22 pm #74513
  
  Bob Schmid
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  that did it!
  
  APPRECIATE YOUR TIME!
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