On Wednesday 05 May 2004 13:47, Mick Mearns wrote: > Hello list; > for some time I have been struggling with a script problem. > > What I want to do is scan a directory structure and re-create it > without any files. > > When I download files I put them into my home directory and then later > copy them to /mnt/DOWNLOADS > > I want to copy the directory structure of /mnt/DOWNLOADS into > /home/mick > without any files. how about this? --- cut --- cd # go to your home or go to the dir where you want the dir structure (cd /mnt/DOWNLOADS; find . -type d) | xargs mkdir -p cut --- -- Regards, Doncho N. Gunchev Registered Linux User #291323 at counter.li.org GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/DA454F79 Key fingerprint = 684F 688B C508 C609 0371 5E0F A089 CB15 DA45 4F79