Preserve sub-folder structure with copy-to of selected files

Dramastic · Post by **Dramastic** » 03 Jun 2008 23:35

Lets say I have the following:

C:\
C:\A\
C:\A\1\
C:\A\2\
C:\A\1\fileI.ext
C:\A\2\fileII.ext
C:\A\2\fileIII.ext
C:\COPY\

and that furthermore I have performed a Find within C:\A\ which returns:

fileI.ext
fileII.ext

How would I go about copying my search results to C:\COPY\ while preserving subfolder structure of the files being copied?

The end-result should look like this:
C:\
C:\A\
C:\A\1\
C:\A\2\
C:\A\1\fileI.ext
C:\A\2\fileII.ext
C:\A\2\fileIII.ext
C:\COPY\
C:\COPY\1\fileI.ext
C:\COPY\2\fileII.ext

- One way would be to copy the whole subfolder structure, and then just delete the files I don't need from the copy. That works, but can be very slow if there are many files that don't need to be copied.

Any Ideas?

- Dramastic

Post by **admin** » 04 Jun 2008 07:58

This is a great feature of XYplorer since more than 8 years (v3.02.0028 - 2000-02-15 17:17)!

It's called "Rich Copy/Move". Check the help ...

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 04 Jun 2008 08:10

admin wrote: It's called "Rich Copy/Move". Check the help ...

Or alternatively, the wiki at http://88.191.26.34/XYwiki/index.php/Rich_Operations

Post by **TheQwerty** » 04 Jun 2008 13:30

Wow! I never knew about that feature!

Is it a known bug/inability that these items aren't present when you drag to another tab and XY auto-focuses?

Post by **admin** » 04 Jun 2008 14:12

TheQwerty wrote:Wow! I never knew about that feature!

Damn, another testimony of my inability to promote greatness!

TheQwerty wrote:Is it a known bug/inability that these items aren't present when you drag to another tab and XY auto-focuses?

It is a unknown bug! Or rather was. Now it's a fixed bug!

Post by **TheQwerty** » 04 Jun 2008 14:27

admin wrote:
TheQwerty wrote:Wow! I never knew about that feature!
Damn, another testimony of my inability to promote greatness!

TheQwerty wrote:Is it a known bug/inability that these items aren't present when you drag to another tab and XY auto-focuses?
It is a unknown bug! Or rather was. Now it's a fixed bug!

Actually, I think that bug kept me from ever finding this feature and my own not reading the help/wiki entirely.

It should be better exposed with that fixed.

Post by **serendipity** » 04 Jun 2008 16:43

TheQwerty wrote:Wow! I never knew about that feature!

And for some reason I completely forgot about that feature.

Dramastic · Post by **Dramastic** » 04 Jun 2008 18:18

It is pretty well hidden, but I am thrilled that XY has the feature.

For me, with this extra info, XY has now gone from a program of interest to practical and useful.

I'm finally off to the registration page..

- Dramastic

Post by **serendipity** » 04 Jun 2008 18:20

Dramastic wrote:It is pretty well hidden, but I am thrilled that XY has the feature.

For me, with this extra info, XY has now gone from a program of interest to practical and useful.

I'm finally off to the registration page..

- Dramastic

Hurray!!

Post by **admin** » 04 Jun 2008 19:53

Dramastic wrote:It is pretty well hidden, but I am thrilled that XY has the feature.

For me, with this extra info, XY has now gone from a program of interest to practical and useful.

I'm finally off to the registration page..

- Dramastic

Excellent!!

XYplorer Beta Club

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