copying a directory structure to a new dummy structure in python

fake_dir_structure_copy.py

# Todo: you must already be in the directory that you are trying to copy

output_location = '/some/other/place'

for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk('.'):
  # Make the new directory
  if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(output_location, root)):
    os.mkdir(os.path.join(output_location, root))
   # Make the new (empty) files
  for file in files:
    open(os.path.join(*[output_location, root, file]), 'a').close()