ct_clone_dir: Clone directory structure

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Clone directory structure

Description

Clones the directory structure from a source directory (from) to a destination directory (to). This function replicates the folder hierarchy and subdirectories, but does not copy files, making it useful for setting up empty directory templates when organizing camera trap data.

Usage

ct_clone_dir(from, to, recursive = TRUE)

Arguments

from	Character. The path to the source directory whose structure will be cloned. Must exist and be a directory.
to	Character. The path to the destination directory where the structure will be cloned. Must exist and be a directory.
recursive	Logical. Should the directory structure be cloned recursively, including all subdirectories? Default is TRUE.

Value

Invisibly returns NULL. The function is called for its side-effect of creating directories.

Examples

# Create a temporary directory structure
src <- tempfile("source_dir")
dir.create(src)
dir.create(file.path(src, "site1"))
dir.create(file.path(src, "site1", "cameraA"))
dir.create(file.path(src, "site2"))

# Create destination directory
dst <- tempfile("destination_dir")
dir.create(dst)

# Clone the directory structure
ct_clone_dir(from = src, to = dst)

# Check that structure was cloned
list.files(dst, recursive = TRUE)

# Clean up
unlink(c(src, dst), recursive = TRUE)

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