Idea for a function ( creating a hirarchy of folders on another drive )

[kalkzone]

Hi Christian - have a good year.

We all collect this and that - " files "; may be the " video and sound time ist gone ??!! ".
We do backup our interests - as before - NOW ist time to figure out our duplicates. Reaorganise ... and so on.

We do still have some slowly drives as well the most have som fast ( nvmes ) for actual use - the slow ones to backup.

I did sort some files - got a folder strukture.

I can assume a function " Get this SELECTED ( sorting ) folders tree and create it on the other drive.
Hereby get all upper foolders ( remover drive letter an replace by that of the second TC Window an create that folder ( with / without copying files )

for " first " simplicity the starting point of reading could be the root of source drive and the root of target Drive.

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a) read source folder
b ) parse OFF drive
c ) replace to target drive
d ) create folder " S " as in the hirarchy desired // respecting the questions if allready existent ... and so on.
... dont know actually if fx cmd allows creating sub - folders in ONE step ?? ...
regards
jk

[kalkzone]

Hi again

i think there is a " newbie " on my win 10 !?

I just remember, that it was possible to call the " copy functionality " ->
YOUR / TC dialog ... with selecting " *.dir " ... to say STARS-DOT-DIR !!!

i cant remember right how it was in earlier times ?
Just now i tried it and a Folder " selected.dir " was created with the files from origin were copied.
NOT - to say with the " upper directory structure ...

regards
jk

[Horst.Epp]

That can already be done with the normal copy operation.
Select the source tree and open the target tree in the other window.
Just enter any non-existing file type like *.xxxxx in the field
"Only files of this type:"
TC will copy your whole dir structure into the target tree
without any files.

[kalkzone]

Hi,
thanx to you THAT much.

1) have been in the top line of dialog ( copying )
2) in second line *.dir ( german extension of folder works as well as *.xxxxxxx " files )

?? seems my alzheimer is advancing

have a nice day !

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But never the less :
It could also be an extension to the function " Synchronise Folders " that is available via
MAINMENUE " Commands / Befehle " -> Synchronise Folders

regards jk