searching for dupe foldernames, searching for empty folders

[sybariten]

Since people are so alert here;
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to do the following. I have a folder that contains, say 4 folders. They in turn contain lots of folders with peoples names. Some people have stuff in both, say, folder 2 and 4. So, when i move stuff from 2/Johnny to 4/Johnny, i get an empty folder. I also have two folders called Johnny.

Is there any way to search for this ?

All the best / J

[pdavit]

As far as I know there is no feature build into TC to search for empty folders. If I were you I would have probably followed the following method:

1. Alt+F7 on the root of your concerning folder tree
2. Type in the “Search for:” field: Johnny
3. Perform the searching
4. Then click Feed to listbox
5. And switch to Quick View Mode on that list (Ctrl+Q)
6. Observe the details on the opposite side to locate the empty folders
7. Select the desirable ones for deletion

Unfortunately for lists feed from a search result Alt+Shift+Enter is not possible which could have made this much easier to locate the empty ones in one go.

Of course that’s not the only or the best solution. That’s the solution I can think of until (or if) your suggested feature is implemented.

[sybariten]

What the heck..... what is this quick view mode really about? Previewing stuff? I must admit that i've totally missed this one. Looks sweet.

Thanks for your ideas!

/j

[Valentino]

Unfortunately for lists feed from a search result Alt+Shift+Enter is not possible which could have made this much easier to locate the empty ones in one go.

It is possible! Seems that you're going to discover one more new feature, Panos...

Moreover, sybariten, you can then sort the list by size (be sure to set "Sorting directories" to "Like files" in Configuration|Display; if you need to change this option often, create button or menu item with cm_SwitchDirSort command) and all empty folders will be at the bottom.

BTW, I added new functionality to my TreeCopy plugin to easily delete empty folders (and called it TreeClean). I'll try to post it soon.

[djk]

Thanks for the idea.

BTW, I added new functionality to my TreeCopy plugin to easily delete empty folders (and called it TreeClean). I'll try to post it soon.

Good work! I hope it will be really SOON...

[pdavit]

Seems that you're going to discover one more new feature, Panos...

Well, how? It doesn’t work for me. What do I do wrong?

When I feed the list and press Alt+Shift+Enter TC does nothing!

Waiting for TreeClean!

[djk]

Well, how? It doesn’t work for me. What do I do wrong?
When I feed the list and press Alt+Shift+Enter TC does nothing!

Weel, After pressing Alt+Shift+Enter at the bottom of the panel you can see size of each directory.
And when you have sorting directories like files on - they can be sorted.

[pdavit]

Weel, After pressing Alt+Shift+Enter at the bottom of the panel you can see size of each directory.
And when you have sorting directories like files on - they can be sorted.

I knew that! I though that what was meant was displaying the size on the filelist as Alt+Shift+Enter usually behaves.

I didn’t suggest that since it’s similar to the Quick View for the suggested problem but with fewer details. On the other hand I missed out the possibility of automatic sorting which can be more useful in the current situation. Thanks!

[sybariten]

Well, personally i didnt know about the ctrl-shift-enter thing before... what's it called? I remember thinking numerous times, that "man it would be good if i could get the dirsize of all the dirs in this dir, in one go instead of having to press space for each of them" ... And, as you might have read, i didnt know about ctrl-q either.
Thanks guys!

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 03-06-2003 15:58:06 +0000 sybariten wrote:

s> Well, personally i didnt know about the ctrl-shift-enter thing
s> before... what's it called?

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[Sheepdog]

BTW, I added new functionality to my TreeCopy plugin to easily delete empty folders (and called it TreeClean). I'll try to post it soon.

2Valentino
Dir you release this TreeClean plugin? I didn't find anything about it with search.

sheepdog

[pdavit]

Dir you release this TreeClean plugin? I didn't find anything about it with search.

And please make it open source so that Christian can incorporate the functionality within TC (plus the TreeCopy sources) easily!!!