cp improvement

Hi,

I think I have a good idea to improve the functionality of cp command.
Sometimes I and my colleagues ( UNIX admins ) have to copy of directory
structure. Now I do this in following way:

find <dir> -type d -print | (cd <new dir>; awk '{ print "mkdir "$1 }' |
sh -x)

or I use my own simple program ( C coded ).

I think would by great to add this function to cp command. I can do
this. May I ?

/Marek