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Support and Feedback / Copy / move, filter but preserve folder structure
« on: March 09, 2015, 11:46:32 »
Hi,
For a friend, who has a jumble of files of different types in wide-spread folders, with duplicated names, we have agreed to collect together files of the same type (*.jpg, *.pdf, etc.) into separate folders. Then a later task is to try to identify the latest versions of each file.
I have used multicommander to find files with same extension (*.doc* , say) under the "C:Users\Name" directory structure and MC correctly finds every file and lists its directory. However if I select and move/copy every file in the search results, MC "flattens" the folder structure (which can be useful I recognise) and allows me only to move/copy and keep only the latest version, ignoring earlier versions of files with same name. I might use that later. But at this stage I want to copy every file of a certain type and preserve the existing directory structure so no file gets deleted. I cannot find a way in MC , but I feel it should be possible.
In someways what I am looking for is a bit like DOS xcopy, but filtering and moving only files with the same extension.
I have read the MC documentation and forum about filters but I can't find something that fits my needs - apologies if I am asking something that has been answered clearly elsewhere. If there is an appropriate answer somewhere please just point me at that description and I will read it and use it.
Regards,
Clive
For a friend, who has a jumble of files of different types in wide-spread folders, with duplicated names, we have agreed to collect together files of the same type (*.jpg, *.pdf, etc.) into separate folders. Then a later task is to try to identify the latest versions of each file.
I have used multicommander to find files with same extension (*.doc* , say) under the "C:Users\Name" directory structure and MC correctly finds every file and lists its directory. However if I select and move/copy every file in the search results, MC "flattens" the folder structure (which can be useful I recognise) and allows me only to move/copy and keep only the latest version, ignoring earlier versions of files with same name. I might use that later. But at this stage I want to copy every file of a certain type and preserve the existing directory structure so no file gets deleted. I cannot find a way in MC , but I feel it should be possible.
In someways what I am looking for is a bit like DOS xcopy, but filtering and moving only files with the same extension.
I have read the MC documentation and forum about filters but I can't find something that fits my needs - apologies if I am asking something that has been answered clearly elsewhere. If there is an appropriate answer somewhere please just point me at that description and I will read it and use it.
Regards,
Clive