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Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How?

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On 1/3/2017 7:22 AM, hdv@gmail wrote:
> On 2017-01-03 12:13, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I wish to duplicate a partition's directory structure without any of the
>> existing file contents. The immediate application is a heavily customized
>> version of an installation DVD. There are two underlying goals. I wish to reuse
>> some existing utilities which expect to find data in a particular branch of the
>> directory tree. The second is very similar in that a person familiar with a
>> structure would assume that certain types of information will be in a particular
>> sub-directory.
>>
>> Also this will be an educational experience as I expect the answer will be
>> elegant in its simplicity and point me towards chasms in my understanding of Linux.
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> Oops! I just noticed a solution was already given and accepted. Sorry for the noise.
>
> Grx HdV

Not to worry. The script you gave may address another project of 
mine.
Note my stated expectation for "an educational experience" ;}

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Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-03 12:20 +0100
  Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-01-03 12:30 +0100
    Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-01-03 13:00 +0100
    THANK YOU! - was [Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure -  How?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-03 14:10 +0100
  Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? hdv@gmail <hdv.jadev@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 14:30 +0100
    Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-03 14:40 +0100
    Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? Charlie <ariestao1@ipstarmail.com.au> - 2017-01-03 23:50 +0100
  Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? hdv@gmail <hdv.jadev@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 14:30 +0100
  Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-01-03 19:30 +0100

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