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Comment on File-to-folder script. by Oldschool

Oldschool — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:03:37 +0000

Had to modify the Unix/Ubuntu BASH script because I was tired of moving things around after I ran the script (it would place the file2folder.sh script in its own folder, which I didn’t like). This new script works pretty well.

#!/bin/bash
find . -name ‘*.*’ -type f | \
while read target_file
do
target_directory=`dirname “${target_file}”`
target_filename=`basename “${target_file}”`
new_foldername=”${target_filename%.*}”
new_filename=”${target_filename}”

# echo “Target File = ${target_file}”
# echo “Target Directory = ${target_directory}”
# echo “Target Filename = ${target_filename}”
# echo “New Path = ${new_foldername}/${new_filename}”

if [ "$target_filename" = 'file2folder.sh' ]; then
echo “**** Skipping file2folder.sh *****”
else
if [ -d "${new_foldername}" ]; then
echo “*** Directory exists for ${new_foldername} ***”
else
mkdir “${new_foldername}”
fi
mv “${target_file}” “${new_foldername}”/”${new_filename}”
fi
done

Finally, this script moves all the files but doesn’t empty out the folders. If you want to do that, just run this command after you’re done:
find -type d -empty -delete

Comment on File-to-folder script. by Mr P.I.C.N.I.C.

Mr P.I.C.N.I.C. — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:34:50 +0000

Ok, Thanks again.
It works perfect [XP SP3]

Comment on File-to-folder script. by Jon

Jon — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:46:57 +0000

Yes…it will leave folders alone.

Comment on File-to-folder script. by Mr P.I.C.N.I.C.

Mr P.I.C.N.I.C. — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:18:46 +0000

I think it didn’t work because most of us didn’t attribute it to ‘hidden’, forcing it to include itself as one of the files to be copied in the batch (I think o_O) . . .

Anyway, THANKS A TRILLION. :-)

Q: If you put it in a directory that has both files and folders will it only target files?

Regards,
P.I.C.N.I.C. (Problem In Chair Not In Computer)

Comment on Windows 2008 Server and Event ID 2012 warnings. by Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:32:24 +0000

Windows 2008 comes with a default Denial of Service (DoS) prevention.
It allows only 50 concurrent tcp connections from one ip address. This is NOT set in the registry, no use to search for it.
Increasing the number of allowed connections has as result increasing use of memory, which the server reserves for the potential higher connection count.

You can disable the DoS prevention with the registry key dword disableDos=1

This stops events 2012, 2025 and 2026.

Comment on File-to-folder script. by ryan

ryan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:24:06 +0000

This worked great for me on Win7 Pro x64. Copied the text straight from your post. Saved me tons of time. Many thanks.

Comment on Movie reviews (1-9-12) by Edan

Edan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:47:27 +0000

Disagree entirely on Conan. What a complete load of rubbish! The costumes and set pieces were as awful as the shows Xena and Hercules (like people playing dressups or a LARP convention). As for The Thing prequel, I actually really enjoyed it. You should watch the new one followed by the 1982 version (which isn’t the original, btw). It’s pretty great how closely they matched the end scene in the new on with the opening scene of the Carpenter film (my second fave Carpenter film, actually). Also, I disagree with you on Contagion. My wife and I both quite enjoyed it. I think we must have really different tastes in films, because I though Apollo 18 was terrible too.

Comment on In case you missed it – Windows 8 and Media Center (yes, it’s in there). by Thomas Bale

Thomas Bale — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:34:47 +0000

Agreed, we would need to see some improvments to convince us to upgrade all our devices to Win8, especially the HTPC.

Comment on Fix for x64 version of MacroTube for Media Center. by Ken

Ken — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:49:03 +0000

I wish this worked for me. I updated with the latest files but the same video not available or a technical issue message comes up for any video. :-/

Comment on Media Browser changing XML file name. by Dallas

Dallas — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:28:27 +0000

Hi,

How do I get the batch to keep mymovies.xml and do a copy of the xml file to movie.xml?