Create new empty directory tree from existing tree with files

Question

I have a large directory tree with lots of files.

I would like to re-create the directory structure in a new location, but only the directories, not the files.

I've checked cp's man page, but don't see an argument that will help.

Answer 1

rsync -av -f"+ */" -f"- *" /.../SOURCE /.../DESTINATION

Answer 2

find . -type d -exec mkdir -p ~/to/{} \;

Taken from @whitequark's answer to to this question: Copy directory structure without copying files, on Mac OS X