Create a folder from the path of a file and move the file inside

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Hi,

This is my first post so please go easy on me :smiley:.

In a dual-display Lister, I would like to create a new folder in the second list from the selection of a file from the first list (with flattened display).

I try to create an advanced button but I'm not strong enough to make it alone, it seems to me. :sleepy:

In the first list I select a file :
C:\FOLDER-A\FOLDER-B\FOLDER-C\file.txt

In the second list, I would like the folder to be created and the file moved inside :
D:\ANOTHERFOLDER\FOLDER-C\file.txt

Could you help me do that?

Thanks,
Seb

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Try this

Copy MOVE CREATEFOLDER="{destpath}{sourcepath|nopath}"
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Which folder are you in when you select the file?

Do you just want the file to be copied to a new folder named after its parent folder, or do you want to create the whole hierarchy of folders from the flat-view starting point down to where the file is?

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Hello Ixp and Leo,

Thank you for your interest in my request.

I am in the folder "FOLDER-A" and the display is in "Flat View: Mixed (No Folders)".
I would like the file to be moved (not copied) to a new folder named after its parent folder.
I add 2 images to better understand.

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5

Try this:

Copy MOVE CREATEFOLDER={filepath$|..|nopath|noterm} FLATVIEWCOPY=single

If needed: How to use buttons and scripts from this forum

6

A big thank you to you Leo ! :+1:

Your solution works 99.9%!
In fact the "FLATVIEWCOPY = single" was too much because it is the parent folder of the file that interests me and not the very first folder.

As usual Directory Opus will save me a very precious time! Thanks to you ! :star_struck::star_struck::star_struck:

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FLATVIEWCOPY=single stops the command asking you how you want to copy, and potentially creating additional folders that you don't want.

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Yes you're right, it was me who took my feet in the carpet with the copy / paste of files that I was doing manually to test your solution ...

In fact your solution works 100% !

A big thank-you. :+1::star_struck::+1:

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