Getting the Folder Structure in Unix

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi All,

I have a compute box and I want to tar directory structure under a directory and then Deploy/untar it in a new compute box so that the directory structure will be exactly the same.

I do not want any of the file to be extracted and deployed but instead only the directory structure.

For example:
the compute box:

xsth1256dap $ uname -a
Linux xstm3414dap 2.6.18-194.11.4.el5 #1 SMP Fri Sep 17 04:57:05 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I have a directory called /home/filter/data and under that i have
/home/filter/data/bil , /home/filter/data/otm , ..etc

I want the directory structure "/home/filter/data" which includes all the sub-directory structure as well.

Could someone please help me sharing your ideas on this.

Really appreciate your help and time.

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if is installed tree package on your system maybe try this

$ tree -d /home/filter/data
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Try this:

tarListOfFiles="./tarFiles.txt"
tarOutputFile="./tarOutput.tar"
find /home/filter/data -type d > "${tarListOfFiles}"
# This on SunOS
tar -cvf "${tarOutputFile}" -I "${tarListOfFiles}"
# This on Linux
tar -cvf "${tarOutputFile}" -T "${tarListOfFiles}"

I hope it helps!