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Author Topic: IDEA: Smart Directory Filer  (Read 3780 times)

mouser

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IDEA: Smart Directory Filer
« on: August 03, 2006, 09:59 PM »
I know there has been another request here before about a related thing, so maybe this idea can be combined with others.

In this case im thinking of a tool that would be useful for automatically making subfolders and filing files, based on overlap of filenames.

so for example, if i have in my dir:
Muisc\
 dylan - 01 - boots of spanish leather
 dylan - 02 - ring of fire
 dylan - 03 - isis
 heart of glass - blondie
 dennis - blondie
 the tide is high - blondie

and we ran the tool, it would result in:
Muisc\
 dylan\
   dylan - 01 - boots of spanish leather
   dylan - 02 - ring of fire
   dylan - 03 - isis
 blondie\
   heart of glass - blondie
   dennis - blondie
   the tide is high - blondie

OR alternatively:
Muisc\
 dylan\
   01 - boots of spanish leather
   02 - ring of fire
   03 - isis
 blondie\
   heart of glass
   dennis
   the tide is high

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Re: IDEA: Smart Directory Filer
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2006, 02:22 AM »
Hi Mouser
This was listed in Snapfiles a while ago and grabbed my interest, but I never really tested it
It appears to match all the requirements.
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/File_Sieve/FileSieve.html

and screenshot here
http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/FileSieve.htm

from the makers of 'Adobe Reader Speed-Up' that is/was popular.

Freeware.


*edit*
of course theres always 'The Godfather' if its just MP3s
http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/


Thanks
dB
« Last Edit: August 04, 2006, 02:25 AM by dB »

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Re: IDEA: Smart Directory Filer
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2006, 02:50 AM »
fileseive is interesting but as far as i can tell it really doesnt do what i want.
it creates subdirectories based on alphabet, like \A\, \B\ and sortes based on starting letter of file name.
where im looking for something smarter.