Copy options - allow creation of folders

[mhb]

Hi

When doing a 'File->Copy/Move...', one of the options is to rename with variable substitution.

However, I haven't figured how to specify creating directories in the path.

Currently I specify the following

  {fpth:-11,4}/{fpth:-6,2}/{fpth:-3,2}/{file}

which should ideally copy to a directory structure of (say) 2012/06/23/filename where the directory path is
created if it doesn't exist i.e. in the same way that mkdir -p 2012/06/23 does

However, what actually happens is that the file gets copied to destination directory and is named as follows
  2012-06-23-filename

Which means I use a noddy script I wrote to move the files to the desired path.

See attached screenshot.

Thanks
Mark


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[Kirk Baker]

Mark,

When doing a 'File->Copy/Move...', one of the options is to rename with variable substitution.

However, I haven't figured how to specify creating directories in the path.

Currently I specify the following

  {fpth:-11,4}/{fpth:-6,2}/{fpth:-3,2}/{file}

which should ideally copy to a directory structure of (say) 2012/06/23/filename where the directory path is
created if it doesn't exist i.e. in the same way that mkdir -p 2012/06/23 does

Just use those same variables in the 'Create Subfolder' option in the Destination section.  That's what it's for.

-Kirk

[mhb]

Hi Kirk

Doh!

But although the variables work in the "Create Subfolder" it is the "Copy to this folder" option I was looking for. Specifying the destination directory in the first field and the variables in the second does the job. See attached screen shot.

Thanks for the prompt reply and a great tool.

Regards
Mark


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