[Question] Processing folder as a file at cli

[Corey3443]

Hello,

Just wondering how you replicate the control+shift drag and drop action in cli. So instead of processing the folders contents i want to process the folder itself. I know i can include a folder path in the rename string when processing files, but i wish to keep these tasks separate for a reason.

Couldn't find it using google or searching on the forum (might not have worded it correctly tho)

Trying to integrate this into a massive custom script that is cron'd each night.

Thanks

[rednoah]

@see viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5#p2211

If you run things daily you better make extra sure that you're not processing the same files/folders over and over. You will get banned if you waste resources of other services.

[Corey3443]

@see viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5#p2211

Dunno how i missed "target" switch. I read that thread twice. fail =)

If you run things daily you better make extra sure that you're not processing the same files/folders over and over. You will get banned if you waste resources of other services.

All the files are logged, check-summed, renamed than moved and linked; so only time they will be reprocessed is if a new higher quality copy is placed in the target folder or if i force it. so should be fine.

Thanks.

[rednoah]

Alright, sounds like you know what you're doing.

[Corey3443]

Sorry to be a pain but i just had some times to test this and it didn't work. Is --target only available to that script (not a general cmd) because no matter what it seems to process the contents of the folder, not the folder itself.

[rednoah]

--target=folder is only available in the script (see source) and it's not possible to "force folder mode" in normal -rename calls.

You think you need to rename the movie folders rather than the files you should think again exactly why you need that rather than sorting files into a new clean structure.