"Sibling" in Plugin Misc - Problems to understand

[Peter]

After a long break I tried again to understand "Sibling" - and failed.

What I have:
- I have 1.dwg, 2.dwg, 3.dwg, ..., 100.dwg
- I have 2.adt, 3.adt, 99.adt
- and some other stuff ..

What I want:
- Test if every DWG has a sibling with extension ADT.
- 2.dwg, 3.dwg and 99.dwg should display "YES", all other DWG should display "no"

What I did:
- In misc.ini I set "extension= dwg" (and later I changed it to "extension=adt")
- I defined a user-defined column.

What I get (with both ini):

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1.dwg   No
1.adt    yes
1.txt     yes

Can someone explain what happened why and how to reach my target?

Peter

[Vochomurka]

I have the following setting in my misc.ini:

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[Sibling]
Extension=txt

I copied and renamed some files, and used custom columns. Result is:

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1.doc		Yes
1.dwg		Yes
1.txt		No
2.txt		No

So, word "Yes" or "No" seems to be answer: "Is there a sibling of THIS file with the DEFINED extension?".

[Peter]

So, word "Yes" or "No" seems to be answer: "Is there a sibling of THIS file with the DEFINED extension?".

Yes, this was also exactly my idea. But the problem is described above: I toggled the settings between ADT and DWG and waited that YES and NO are changing for 1.dwg and 1.adt. But it was always the same ...

Peter

[nsp]

After a long break I tried again to understand "Sibling" - and failed.
...
Can someone explain what happened why and how to reach my target?

Peter

If your goal is to detect which file do not have their corresponding "sibling" XX.dwg must have XX.adt sibling as it is now can not reach your goal. The sibling for extension YYY means does any FileName.??? have another file corresponding fileName.YYY...

If you want to have a wdx plugin, you can use Script Content plugin to make your own interpreted column.

If you want a quick way to detect missing files, you can use TCBL with a script like :

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[SiblingDWG]
pre=@echo off
cmd=<dwg>if not exist "$x.adt" echo "$n.adt" Missing

you can define the TC button as :

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command=<path to>\tcbl.exe
parameters= -ipq %L SiblingDWG

You select all your dwg file and you will see the resulting list ! But not in a column

[Peter]

... The sibling for extension YYY means does any FileName.??? have another file corresponding fileName.YYY...

OK, the fog is lifting ... in other words:
"Search for my defined group if there is a brother outside. Defined group is always NO, brothers are YES." (of course sisters too..)

Maybe I had a refreshing problem: At first tests the changing of settings had no results, but now it seems to work. Tomorrow I will test another machine.

Thanks
Peter