Get name of parent folder of parent folder of file

[RBCC]

I am trying to figure out the steps involved in doing what is show in the picture , could someone write a tutorial? John

[rednoah]

Based on what I told you last time, you should know this already:

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f.dir.dir.name

[RBCC]

How about f[2]?

[rednoah]

Sure, but counting path elements from the left is probably not a good idea if you ever add an additional folder level.

[RBCC]

I used file.dir.dir.name and got new directories created. How do i put the file in the same folder it came from? John

[rednoah]

Your format should create a path like this "Avatar.avi" and not a path like this "/path/with/slashes/Avatar.avi" which will be resolved relative to wherever the file happens to be.

[RBCC]

But they are all in seperate folder.
Say you have john,fred and sue in the folder c:\macgyver\seattle. And you want to use macgyver , episode 6. To put the renamed file into. But it makes a dir under the root for each file for each file. Is there anyway to put all them back into the dir they came from??? John

[rednoah]

If you want FileBot to move your files to C:/A/B.c then you just need to write a format that evaluates to C:/A/B.c that's all.

[RBCC]

I dont want them to be moved!
Just use the folder name that they are in as part of the name.

[rednoah]

1. A filename:

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filename.ext

2. A relative path:

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file/name.ext

Presumably, your format is generating paths and not filenames. The difference betweens paths and filenames is that paths contain slashes while filename don't contain slashes.

[RBCC]

will f.dir.dir.name create a new folder? if so, how do I do this so it wont..
the folder that it is in is: M:\Diagnosis Murder\Season 7. John

[rednoah]

What is the value of f.dir.dir.name?

[RBCC]

Season 6

[rednoah]

The String "Season 6" will definitely not cause the creation of any folders.

[RBCC]

So will f.dir.dir.dir.name?

[rednoah]

That depends on the value. If the value doesn't contain / or \ then no.

Look at the result:

If it's an absolute path it'll move files exactly as is:

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C:/a/b/c.mp4

If it's a relative path it'll move files relatively to where they are:

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b/c.mp4

If it's a file name, it'll rename files relatively to where they are:

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c.mp4

[RBCC]

How do I put the renamed file back into its original directory? DOes f.name. dir do this?

[rednoah]

The format does not do anything. The format produces a file path, and then files will be move/renamed according to that file path.

What is the file path that your format produces? How is that file path not what you want it to be?

[RBCC]

Y:/perry mason/1x19.mp4, John

[RBCC]

The format produces absolute paths . such as

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c:/diagnosis murder/season 1/ diagnosis:murder 1x3.mp4

how to create a format call to use relative paths?

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/diagnosis:murder/season 1/diagnosis:murder 1x3.mp4

Or the filename.ext ie:

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diagnosis:murder 1x3.mp4

? If it uses absolute paths!
John

[rednoah]

1.
If you want this path:

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diagnosis:murder 1x3.mp4

Then make your format expression only produce this path.


2.
Paths like this will work as expected:

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./diagnosis:murder 1x3.mp4

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../diagnosis:murder 1x3.mp4

If you don't know what . or .. means you will need to learn some basics first.

[RBCC]

I know that

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..

goes up one directory and

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 ..\.. 

goes up 2 , when I am in the editor of filebot do I put those in where the filename is such as

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../../diagnosis:murder 1x4.mp4

? Am I understanding you right? But if just want the season number

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..\..\[color=#0080FF]diagnosis:murder [/color]1x14.mp4

[RBCC]

Would it be easier to use Y:/Diagnosis Murder/season 1/Diagnosis Murder 1x3.mp4 [Airdate] f.dir.dir.name episode title? so it will copy it to that location?

Before I was trying to use the ../.. in the format string! John

[RBCC]

Please show code that shows how to copy the file to the right directory and use the new directory name for season #. So that it will be put into the right directory. Ok? John

[RBCC]

How do I copy a file into another directory and then using the new directory name use a part of that directory name and put it into the new folder for the file? Like in the picture! John