OFF TOPIC: directory tree script file problem

[duncan brown]

duncan brown said:
> cd /source_dir
> find . -type d | while read line
> do
>   mkdir -p /target_dir/${line}
> done

crap, i screwed up.  here's the proper mkdir line

mkdir -p "/target_dir/${line}"

the quotes are important in case there's any funky characters like spaces.

-d

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