Move Files/Folders To Timestamped Directory

Help & Support
1

I currently use Opera Portable as a web browser, but don't care for the ever expanding caches. I would love to have a button that would move files from the various cache folders, or others that are really unneeded, and move them into a timestamped directory on another drive, in case I do actually need them.

Thanks.

Shawn

2

The default toolbars have a Move Into Dated Folder command:

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That creates the folder in the current directory, and moves the selected items into it.

You could adapt it to create the folder in another place if you wanted.

3

Thanks.

I edited a code that I found elsewhere and came up with:

Rename PATTERN * TO "C:\Downloads\{date|yyyy.MM.dd} - {time|HH.mm.ss}\*" FILEINFO

It does what I want, only I am looking to take it one step further. I would like a button that would do the same thing, only without the directories being actually selected. Something when pushed would automatically move a bunch of folders from different directories to a single timestamped folder in another location.

Example.
Move all files/folders from:

\profile\data\Cache\Cache_Data
\profile\data\Code Cache
\profile\data\GPUCache
\profile\data\BrowserMetrics-spare.pma
\profile\data\adblocker_rules.json

To:

2023.08.18 - 17.16.55\Cache_Data
2023.08.18 - 17.16.55\Code Cache
2023.08.18 - 17.16.55\GPUCache
2023.08.18 - 17.16.55\BrowserMetrics-spare.pma
2023.08.18 - 17.16.55\adblocker_rules.json
4

Both the Copy and Rename commands let you specify the files you want them to copy/move/rename, so you can do that.

Documentation is here:

https://www.gpsoft.com.au/help/opus12/index.html#!Documents/Internal_Commands.htm

You'll want to lock in the date-time at the start so that each command doesn't use a different destination folder (if the previous command took more than a second). You can do it like this:

@set FolderName={date|yyyy.MM.dd} - {time|HH.mm.ss}
Copy MOVE FILE=".\profile\data\Cache\Cache_Data" TO="C:\Downloads" CREATEFOLDER="{$FolderName}"
Copy MOVE FILE=".\profile\data\Code Cache" TO="C:\Downloads" CREATEFOLDER="{$FolderName}"
... etc. ...

(This is assuming you meant the profile directory should be below the current directory. If not, change the paths as appropriate)

5

Thanks that worked great. Also, thanks for all the other help that you and everyone else have given me. You guys really know the ins and outs of this program. I have got the program so personalized, it's almost painful when I HAVE to use Windows Explorer.

Shawn

6

That's definitely a good coding style - but is it really necessary? Aren't these variables evaluated once at the beginning and then kept throughout the execution?

7

You're right, it doesn't seem to be needed in this case (from a quick test), at least today.

Have seen some situations where something similar was needed, so it's easier to always use the pattern, and tidies up the button as well.