Move files with a certain extension to a dated folder

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Hey guys,

I am brand new to Directory Opus and have absolutely no experience, so please go easy on me haha.

I've had the trial version installed for only 2 days now and I can say it has already made my life a lot simpler and easier.

I am a draftsman, so I deal with a heap of files on a daily basis. One think I would like to be able to do is archive junk AutoCAD files. I would like to create a button which will move all files with certain extensions in the current directory, to a dated 'archive' folder.

I have been playing around with some BATCH/CMD code to try and achieve this, but my success had been pretty limited. I am able to perform the task by using a .BAT file, but I can't seem to get it to behave when the batch code is implemented through a DO Button.

The file types I would like to move are files with the .BAK and .DWL extensions, and I would like to move them to a folder called C:_DWGBackup\Archive[i]...Today's Date YYMMDD...[/i]\

Just wondering if someone could please lend me a hand or point me in the direction of a thread or resource which might be able to help me get to where I wanna be.

Thanks a lot for any help.

I look forward to hearing back.

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It may seem odd, but what you need to look at is the rename function. Look at Advanced Rename and Standard Rename with Enable file information fields in the help file.

What extensions? Where do the dates come from? The filenames? Created date? Last date accessed? Modified date?

Doubtless one of the real experts will step in soon, I chip in only to point you in the right direction and to ask the questions that they will want answered before solving your problem. My guess is that it will be a trivial one.

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Hi MK,

Thanks a lot for the reply.

The file types are files with the .BAK and .DWL extensions, and I hope to move them to a folder called C:_DWGBackup\Archive[i]...Today's Date YYMMDD...[/i]\

With 'today's date' being the date the files are being archived - represented in YYMMDD format (eg 140213).

Thanks again.

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This should work:

Select *(.bak|.dwl) DESELECTNOMATCH Rename TO "C:\_DWGBackup\Archive\{dateu|YYMMdd}\*"

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This command should be slightly better:

Copy MOVE *.(bak|dwl) TO "C:\_DWGBackup\Archive" CREATEFOLDER "{date|YYMMdd}"

(I've also used date instead of dateu, as I assume you want the folder date to be local time not GMT/UTC, but if you do want GMT/UTC just change that back to dateu.)

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Brilliant, thanks so much kundal and leo. Both those commands work well.

Thanks again for the leg up guys, this opens a door for all sorts of customisations.