Linux: Backup directory structure

backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# (https://superuser.com/questions/1095234/bash-script-to-backup-and-restore-directory-structure)
# create a tar file <Directory_Structure.tar> of the directory structure 
# and a list of files <File_List.txt>
# in PWD

HomeDir=$(pwd)
BackupDIR="Backup"      # Change here

TarFileName="$HomeDir/Directory_Structure.tar"
ListFileName="$HomeDir/File_List.txt"

cd "$BackupDIR"

tar -cf "$TarFileName"  --no-recursion --files-from <(find . -type d)
find . -type f -exec echo touch \"{}\" \; > "$ListFileName"
gzip --best "$ListFileName" "$TarFileName"    # this to compress them

restore.sh

#!/bin/bash
tar -zxf Directory_Structure.tar.gz
zcat File_List.txt.gz | /bin/bash