JoinSubdirs

Title Join Subdirectories
File Name JoinSubDirs.txt
Description Copy (and rename) files from child directories to parent one
Author Vochomurka
Parameters ("%L", "%P")
or
("%L", "%P", "string")
Plugins Called file, osd
Icon
Version 1.1
Updated on 16.06.2014
local fh = file.open(arg(1), "r")
local Str, Dir, Par
local Qu = esc(?+\"+, ?+\+)
osd.show("Wait...", "INFINITE", "48", "Arial Cyr", "-1", "255 000 000")

if(fh > 0) do
	for(not(file.eof(fh))) 
		Str = file.readstring(fh)
		if(Str) do
			if(arg(0) == 3) do
;Sub_ParsePath - name of script ParsePath;
				Dir = arg(2) ++ runfile.Subs\Sub_ParsePath(Str, 1) ++ arg(3)
;Sub_MoveFile - name of script MoveFile;
				Par = "runfile.Subs\Sub_MoveFile(" ++ Qu ++ "|" ++ Qu ++ ", Dir)"
				file.allfiles(Str, Par)
			else
				Par = Str ++ "*.*"
				if(file.move(Par, arg(2), 1) != "1") do
					file.close(fh)
					quit
				endif
			endif
			file.delete(remove(Str, -1))
		endif
	endfor
else
	messagebox("ok error", "File not opened", "FILE plugin error")
	osd.hide
	quit
endif

file.close(fh)
win.sendmessage(win.handle("c=TTOTAL_CMD"), 0x400+51, 540, 0)
osd.show("Ready!", "1000", "48", "Arial Cyr", "-1", "000 255 000")
osd.hide

Comments:

Suppose there is the following directory structure:

Folder1
	File1.ext
	File2.ext
Folder2
	File3.ext
	File4.ext

Two first script parameters are always ("%L", "%P"). If the third parameter is not specified, the script first moves files from child directories to the parent one, and then deletes child empty directories. In other words, selecting Folder1 and Folder2 and running script with parameters ("%L", "%P") leads to:

File1.ext
File2.ext
File3.ext
File4.ext

If, for example, there are same-name files in child directories, the third parameter can be specified. Then the resulting file name would be composed of three parts:

forler_name + 3rd_par + file_name

The + character means concatenation. For example, if script parameters are ("%L", "%P", ""), the file names would be:

Folder1File1.ext
Folder1File2.ext
Folder2File3.ext
Folder2File4.ext

For parameters ("%L", "%P", "'s child "):

Folder1's child File1.ext
Folder1's child File2.ext
Folder2's child File3.ext
Folder2's child File4.ext

The same result can be achieved with 1) setting [P][N] in the MultiRename Tool, 2) switching to branch view, 3) moving files, 4) deleting child directiries. The script is more quick, safe, and convenient though less flexible.


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