How to aggregate all descript.ion file contents?

[Wincomuser]

I would like to use the comments feature of TC to add keywords for my files and directories. I shall then use the keywords to search for particular files.

However, I would like to have a way to list all the keywords that I have entered in the comments field, which end up in the respective descript.ion files.

Is there a way to do this, or will I have to keep those keywords in a separate text file for reference?

[Vochomurka]

1. Find all "descript.ion" files in desired path and below. They must be numerous in diffrerent directories;
2. Press "Feed to listbox";
3. Press * to select them all;
4. Run Multirename tool (Ctrl+M) and set, e.g., "a" as name, "[C]" as extension. You get a.1, a.2, etc files.
5. Put cursor on a.1 and choose Files\Combine Files;
6. After clicking OK twice you get "a" (no ext) file containing all input files' contents.

Please make backup copies of your descript.ion's before experimenting! (For example, TreeCopy would help).

[Peter]

1. Find all "descript.ion" files in desired path and below. They must be numerous in diffrerent directories;
2. Press "Feed to listbox";
3. Press * to select them all;
....

4. Copy all to one single folder (e.g. d:\test). Select the option to automatic rename the copied files.
5. Use the command line or the DOS-window and type
"type *.ion > all_desc.txt"

....Please make backup copies of your descript.ion's before experimenting! (For example, TreeCopy would help).

Yepp.

Peter

[Wincomuser]

Thank you for the advice.

I had some problem copying the descript.ion files, but I made it in the end!

Sadly, the DOS command returns an empty file.

EDIT: It doesn't return an empty file if I change the attribute of the files to non-hidden!

[Peter]

...EDIT: It doesn't return an empty file if I change the attribute of the files to non-hidden!

OK, that's clear. Now everything is fine?

Peter

[Wincomuser]

Yes, everything is fine now; thank you very much.

[Vochomurka]

If you will make it frequently, you should use the combain utility for this purpose.

[MVV]

Problem is that descript.ion file doesn't contain full path to files, just names. If you combine all descript.ion files, you'll lost path infos. So, specifying full path to descript.ion before its contents in combined file is much needed. Another problem is that files may be changed or added new ones. So, you need refresh script or program that will scan your drives for descript.ion files and print its full path and contents into combined file.

BTW, simple CMD-file may be used for creating listing of all descript.ion files taken from filelist (filelist may be saved from search result for descript.ion files in TC using cm_SelectAll and cm_SaveSelectionToFile):

Code: Select all

@echo off
set source=descriptions.lst
set destination=descriptions.txt
echo Creating contents listing for %source%...
echo Contents of files in %source%:>%destination%
for /f %%i in (%source%) do (
echo.>>%destination%
echo [%%i]>>%destination%
type %%i>>%destination%
)
echo Done.
pause
cls

(you may set source to %1 and destination to %2 if you want to pass filelist and destination filename as params)

[Peter]

If you will make it frequently, you should use the combain utility for this purpose.

Is there a german / english / french site?

Peter

[ts4242]

If you will make it frequently, you should use the combain utility for this purpose.

Is there a german / english / french site?

Peter

Here it is

[Peter]

Here it is

Locked by company-security-settings ..

Peter

[MVV]

Here it is

Locked by company-security-settings ..

Peter

Home page of this tool here: http://tirna.narod.ru/main/main.htm (russian only)

[Vochomurka]

1. Drag the combain.exe file to a button bar;
2. Select some files and drag them to the new button;
3. A dialog window is open. Everything is in English, except the title

[ts4242]

2MVV, 2Vochomurka

Peter was asking for English version of this site not the program, I gave him a link for translating the site by Google but his company security blocks the translating script.

[Ambaquista]

Or you can use a small program called TXTCollector
http://bluefive.pair.com/txtcollector.htm
TXTcollector grabs all .txt files (but you can select a specific extension, er. ION) from the directory of your choice and combines them into a new (larger) text file.
A bit later, but I just see this post...