Directory-only backup

[domw001]

Does anyone know if its possible to backup the file directory structure without it's contained data?

Thanks

 

[Lemon13]

u can do that with the dir command

dir . /b /d /s /w /a: dhsra >test.txt

and there are tools like filelistcreator

http://www.wensoftware.com/flc/

 

[domw001]

That creates a directory file list.

I want to create a backup of the directory structure so I can restore it onto another disk.

 

[Lemon13]

file directory structure without it's contained data?"

isnt that just a file list?
u could use the output of the dir command to create the folder/files via a script.

i dont understand what u wanne do with it???

 

[domw001]

I have a requirement to restore directories/folders only - no actual data contained in them.

 

[NortonES2]

You could use robocopy to just copy the directory structure between 2 servers.

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[unclerico]

Either Robocopy or xcopy. The xcopy syntax is this:

xcopy <source> <destination> /T /E /O

This will copy the directory structure (/T) including empty subdirectories (/E) and retain ACL's (/O) from the source to the destination. Note that this will not retain shares or share permissions.

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[domw001]

That assumes that both servers are available, which is not the case.

All I want to do is backup the directory structure and restore it on another system in a different town, city, country or planet. I'm not bothered about restoring NTFS permissions.

If you don't think its possible let me know.

 

[unclerico]

Then get a real backup solution. Or do something like Lemon13 said and create a directory listing and save it off to a different server (if you're worried about DR situations). Write a VBScript to iterate your directory listing and re-create your structure on the fly.

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[NortonES2]

Agreed Backup Exec or similar can do this for you.

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[TechyMcSe2k]

Backup the whole file folder structure with data. Take that data and restore it wherever you need it. Then do a file search on that structure for *.* Then when all the results show up----delete them Folder structure in place; no docs