[Solved]How to make "sub excluded" copy?

[eil]

this probably could better suit scripting forum, but as for now i only ask theoretically i think it's proper here.
so, is it possible to make copy operation excluding something in sub? for example i selected several folders and want to exclude some items from subs of folders for coping process:

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[aaa] ->copy full
[bbb] ->copy excluding
    [bb1] ->!no copy
    [bb2] ->copy full
    [bb3] ->copy excluding
        b11.file ->copy
        b12.file ->copy
        b13.file ->!no copy

is it possible at all and what could be the structure of commands/algorithm?

[highend]

Get everything via quicksearch() and then apply your logic of exclusions via formatlist / regexreplace?

[eil]

main question is wouldn't such edited "list of items" become "flat" later? i still need [bb3] "to be copied" to target location and its not-excluded items too..
that's what i can't figure out: if there is some more or less smart way for this, or it involves "one by one copy" with lots of recursion and scripted creation of folders that have excluded subs?

[highend]

I don't get it.

You get the full list of all existing files and folders by quicksearch() and then exclude whatever you want either by either full folder name or exact files names (with path).

Afterwards you use copyto() with flags=2 and that does create necessary folders if required.

[eil]

Afterwards you use copyto() with flags=2 and that does create necessary folders if required.

thanks for hint, will experiment on that.

[eil]

need help with understanding what i'm missing. $a gets proper list, without excluded items, but Copyto copies All items.. it can't copy by variable list? need cycle use to copy one-by-one?..

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$a = inputselect( , "+" . quicksearch( , <selitems |>,"|+"), "|", 1 + 2 + 32 + 64);
  copyto inputfolder( , "Select Folder"), $a, <curpath>, 2, 1, 1, 1, , , , , 1

[highend]

And you've really deselected folder entries and the files you don't want to copy in the inputselect dialog?
Otherwise... Ofc it copies everything if folder entries are selected...

Inside a script: You'd either need to do the $a without folders at all (= missing context) or filter folders out afterwards (which is easy as long as the final part of them doesn't contain a dot)...

[eil]

And you've really deselected folder entries and the files you don't want to copy in the inputselect dialog?

yep, screen for example.

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Inside a script: You'd either need to do the $a without folders at all (= missing context) or filter folders out afterwards (which is easy as long as the final part of them doesn't contain a dot)...

first i didn't understand, then after couple experiment got it - the problem is that it has folders as a separate "item", and copy happens twice(excluded list and whole folder). is there easy way to clear list of folders, or only with cycle?

[highend]

H:\Shrift is selected -> Everything inside it will be copied...

The 100% foolproof way? Either use quicksearch with /f (= missing context) or do the quicksearch with /d a second time, escape meta chars and remove all of them with one regex

[eil]

Either use quicksearch with /f (= missing context) or do the quicksearch with /d a second time

these switches are used with Quick Search interface, how to incorporate them in script?(goto + variable?)

[highend]

In the same way as in the gui for it

quicksearch([query="*"], [path], [separator="<crlf>"], [flags])

query [optional] Search pattern, can have switches.
Defaults to "*" (match all).

[eil]

now i got everything tuned and working, thanks.)
should i add topic to script branch with working variant?

[highend]

It belongs to this thread, so do it here

[eil]

unexpected turn in script polishing. is there some non-cycle method to sort list of items by path?(SortByList and FormatList doesn't seem to handle this)
so instead of= c:\2\22\2.txt | c:\1 | c:\2\2.txt | c:\0.txt
i get smt like= c:\0.txt | c:\1 | c:\2\2.txt | c:\2\22\2.txt

and additional question(if there is a way), will "+" on beginning of some items in list interfere sorting?( like c:\2\22\2.txt | +c:\1 | c:\2\2.txt | +c:\0.txt

[highend]

And why do you think that formatlist() doesn't handle this?
and of course with a leading char it wouldn't return what's expected...