Moving files from one HD to another,

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Moving files from one HD to another,

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Hello,

I am trying to move files from T:\ to M:\Murder, She Wrote\Season 3 with the format string :

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M:\Murder, She Wrote\Season 3  [{airdate}]  -{n} - {'Season∶' +s }  {'Episode∶' +e}- {t}  
I want it to be put into

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Murder,  She Wrote \season 3   and not Murder she wrote\Season 3 \[{airdate}]
as in the picture below!:
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how do I do this?? John
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I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

The destination path is fully and completely defined by your format. If the destination path isn't what you want, then you need to fix your format.

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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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Ok how do I copy from I:\murder,she wrote\season 3 to K:\murder, she wrote\season {3} [{airdate}] ? and not have the airdate be a folder? John
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This format:

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M:\Murder, She Wrote\Season 3  [{airdate}]  -{n} - {'Season∶' +s }  {'Episode∶' +e}- {t} 
Creates destination paths like this:

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M:\Murder, She Wrote\Season 3 [1984-09-30] -Murder, She Wrote - Season∶1 Episode∶1- The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
The folder name is Murder, She Wrote and does not contain the airdate. If you want Season 3 to be a folder and the rest as filename you just need to insert \.
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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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If the season 3 folder was already there would it put the file in the murder, she wrote season 3 folder??
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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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No, as defined by your format:

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M:\Murder, She Wrote\Season 3  [{airdate}]  -{n} - {'Season∶' +s }  {'Episode∶' +e}- {t}
I think this might be what you're trying to do:

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M:\{n}\Season {s}\[{airdate}] {n} - {s00e00} - {t}
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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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But when I did that it made a separate folder for each {airdate}. I am trying to put them in the folder season 3 but have the [airdate] as part of the name not the folder that they are put in . do I take out the\ to do this?
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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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1.
Do you know what \ does? It's just a file path and / or \ are what separate the path components.

Please read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)#MS-DOS.2FMicrosoft_Windows_style


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This format:

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M:\{n}\Season {s}\[{airdate}] {n} - {s00e00} - {t}
Generate destination paths like this:

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M:\Murder, She Wrote\Season 1\[1984-09-30] Murder, She Wrote - S01E01 - The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
As you can see, the folder is Season 1 and the filename starts with [1984-09-30]. There is really really nothing tricky, difficult or error-prone about any of this.
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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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I am just trying to copy a file from on directory to another directory with the same name on another drive with the format string that doesnt make a another directory to put the file in . Just the file, with its new name.
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Re: Moving files from one HD to another,

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"just the files" is the default behaviour.

Did you force "folder mode" (i.e. link-drop) when adding files into FileBot? That would allow you to process folder items as if they were single files.
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