symlink-copying a directory hierarchy

Question

What\'s the simplest way on Linux to \"copy\" a directory hierarchy so that a new hierarchy of directories are created while all \"files\" are just symlinks pointing back to

Answer 1

There's also the "lndir" utility (from X) which does such a thing; I found it mentioned here: Debian Bug report #301030: can we move lndir to coreutils or debianutils? , and I'm now happily using it.