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Hi guys,
I have a large directory of files that I want sorted into sub-folders. The name of the sub-folder destination is part of each file name (delimited by underscores, so files look like somelargename_destinationfolder_possiblysomethingelse.ext) Is there a way I can automate moving files to the destination folder if it exists, or create the folder and move the file if it doesn't?

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Chris
 
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Since you wanto use an interior part of the file name for the destination folder and, I assume, the preceding part is probably variable length, it would be best to do it in a scripting language. If it's a local drive (not a network drive or URL) it will be pretty simple for a programmer. If networtk drives are URL's are involved it will get more complicated.

Then you can run it manually by creating a shortcut to run the script or set up a scheduled task to run it at regular intervals.
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Since you wanto use an interior part of the file name for the destination folder and, I assume, the preceding part is probably variable length, it would be best to do it in a scripting language. If it's a local drive (not a network drive or URL) it will be pretty simple for a programmer. If networtk drives are URL's are involved it will get more complicated.

Then you can run it manually by creating a shortcut to run the script or set up a scheduled task to run it at regular intervals.
 
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