Php scripting could handle this. It wouldn't be too difficult, actually.
Reading the Directory structure recursively from a top level directory and using the mkdir() function to create another similarly named folder in another disk location.
There are scripts around which perform sitemaps by reading the contents of a site and listing the file names as links. Borrowing from the logic used in the sitemap script, simply use the mkdir() function to create a new blank folder elsewhere, and maybe chmod() the folders to whatever permissions you chose during the building of them.
Check at [ hotscripts dot com ] to see what they have along the lines of a sitemap application and modify that, maybe?
Of course, you would need an input form to indicate the starting point for the recursive search and to input the new path for the empty folders. But it would be doable.
Unfortunately(?), I am busy with other stuff and am not able to do this for you, so if the task at hand is beyond your knowledge, enlist someone to assist with the scripting.
Or Google on it. Perhaps someone has an available script out there???
Keep us posted as to how it goes. Perhaps a Tutorial might come out of it?
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