Copy/Move folder structure with conditions

Hi There

I want to copy/move a folder structure containing files as follows:
If target target folder exists then copy/move the contents only.
If target target folder does not exist then copy/move the folder and contents

Can I do this with the Dir Opus copy filter?
Or any other way with Dir Opus?
Or am I stuck with robocopy? :frowning:

Thanks as always

I'm not quite following just what it is you're trying to do, can you rephrase your question? Maybe provide an example?

If it's not something Opus can do directly then it certainly sounds like something that could be done with Opus and a command line script.

From my reading of the OP the Copy button does this - copies the contents of a selected folder to the destination. If the selected folder name exists then it copies the contents, otherwise it creates the folder.

Curious:What does "OP" stand for? "Opening Post"? :slight_smile:
Rephrase for JohnZeman:
Consider a source and destination folder structure that are similar but not the same.
Initially they are identical but I add to the source over time and now I want to update the destination by moving all the new material in the source to the destination.
In fact what I am doing is updating a destination folder structure on a host laptop with a source folder structure in a VMWare image.
Basically moving the new logs from VMWare periodically to my host laptop.
In the source for some subfolders I have added new files.
And in the source I have also created one or more new subfolders and populated with files.
I want to move all the new stuff in one go, rather than manually moving each subfolder.

Feedback for steve:
Thanks. So you are saying it does this automatically? I will give it a try...

Yup. (Or "original post." Or "original poster" when talking about the person posting rather than the post itself.)

Do you require that new files be removed from the source, or do you just want to make sure the destination has all the latest changes, and avoid the overhead of re-copying files which have not changed?

If it's the latter then you could use either the "Copy UpdateAll" command (which will be more automatic) or the Opus Synchronize tool (which will be more interactive).

Leo:
Thanks I am more interested in moving than copying though I was prepared to move and delete if it still made things easier. Nevertheless your comments about "Copy UpdateAll" and Opus Sunchronize tool are interesting and will probably be useful to me.

General:
Initial testing seems to confirm what Steve said - Opus does this automatically. I will test some more and post my findings here for posterity. It seems there is always someone using Opus on the planet at any given time... :slight_smile: