Copy only directory

[orth0dox]

I found out, that I quite often need to copy directory from one panel to another, but without anything that's inside (no files, or inner folders). I usually do f7 ctrl-c esc tab f7 ctrl-v combo which is tiring and most obviously is very lame way to do what I need. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[hi5]

Just copy the folder (F5) and where it says "only files of this type" enter .. (two dots) that way it will only copy folder(s) but no files.

[Dalai]

2hi5
The OP doesn't want to copy subfolders, just the directory itself.

orth0dox
I don't see a way to do this with just with TC. You'll need some kind of script for this. I guess, a simple batch script would do it:

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@echo off
REM %1 = source dir
REM %2 = target dir
set t=%~2%~nx1
echo %~1
echo %~2
echo target: %t%
mkdir "%t%"

You can then create a button with the script like this:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
c:\copy_dir.cmd
%P%N "%T"
shell32.dll,-153
copy_dir


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You can copy the code above and paste it onto TC's button bar to create the button and then adapt it to your needs.

Regards
Dalai

[HolgerK]

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%comspec% /c for /F  "delims=" %N in
(%F) do md "%T%%N"
%comspec%
create directories in target panel from selected source panel names

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Without external script file.

Regards
Holger

Edit: just for the case that one of the selected names contains non ASCII characters -> VB-Script solution from an old german thread:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=105917#105917

Anyone with a powershell solution?

[Stefan2]

I hear you

Or with PowerShell

Hello orth0dox and welcome to the community!


Create folders in other (Target) panel, with names from selected folders in source panel.

Command: PowerShell -NoProfile
Parameter: [face=timesnewroman](Get-Content '%F') | ForEach{ New-Item """%T$_""" -ItemType directory }[/face]
Icon: powershell
Tooltip: Create selected folders in other panel



Shorter, due to PoSh abbreviations:
[face=timesnewroman](GC '%F')|%%{MD """%T$_"""}[/face]




Ready to copy and paste button:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
PowerShell -NoProfil
(GC '%F')|ForEach{MD \"%T$_\"}
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe
Create selected folders in other panel


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Note: for TC I have to escape the quotes. And double the %-sign of the "ForEach" alias "%" .

Note: %F and %T are TC parameter. (Edit a button, press F1, read more about)
%F Long file names without path, stored one name per line in a temp file.
%T inserts the current target path.

Note: Get-Content creates already an array of lines,
which the ForEach-Object process one after the other
to create a new folder in target panel (%T) with name from current line ($_) of temp file list (%F)


Note: search the forum for "usercmd.ini" to be able to store this command in that file, so you can also assign a shortcut to that command.

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More?

(GC '%L')|%%{$FN=$_ -replace ':'; MD \"%T$FN\"}
Create selected folders in other panel with all parents of source folder

(GC '%L')|%%{$FN=$_ -replace '.:'; MD \"%T$FN\"}
Create selected folders in other panel with all parents, but without drive part




 

[HolgerK]

Nice
%UF or %WF and it will work also with unicode names:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
PowerShell -NoProfil
(GC '%WF')|ForEach{MD \"%T$_\"}
PowerShell.exe
Create selected folders in other panel

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-1

Regards
Holger

[orth0dox]

Thanks everyone! Powershell solution works fine, but appearing window annoys me, so I'll stick with vbscript solution suggested by HolgerK.

[HolgerK]

..., but appearing window annoys me,..

Just check "[x] Run minimized" inside the button configuration dialog, and the powershell command window will be invisible during execution.

Regards
Holger

[MVV]

There is a way to completely hide powershell window:

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powershell.exe -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden ...

BTW it is better to avoid double-quoting %T to prevent path parsing (e.g. if dir name contains '$' powershell will treat '$' and word after it as var name and expand it):

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(GC '%WF') | ForEach { MD ('%T' + $_); }

[orth0dox]

There is a way to completely hide powershell window:

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powershell.exe -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden ...

BTW it is better to avoid double-quoting %T to prevent path parsing (e.g. if dir name contains '$' powershell will treat '$' and word after it as var name and expand it):

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(GC '%WF') | ForEach { MD ('%T' + $_); }

Even with -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden flags window appears for a short time, but if it runs minimized it doesn't bother me anymore, thx!

[Stefan2]

BTW it is better to avoid double-quoting %T to prevent path parsing (e.g. if dir name contains '$' powershell will treat '$' and word after it as var name and expand it):

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(GC '%WF') | ForEach { MD ('%T' + $_); }

No, that will not happen in our case. Me think, because $_ gets just the current
index (line) from the array, and will not expand it afterwards even if it contains a '$'.

But ('%T'+$_) is cool and nice, will keep this to avoid """ and ".



thx

[MVV]

I mean that in some dirs "%T$_" will produce wrong results, e.g. "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\$mltwcx\$_" will be expanded to "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\\dirname": in double-quoted strings sequences like $mltwcx are expanded to values of variables while single-quoted strings are not parsed for variables.

The only problem with '%T' is that path shouldn't contain apostrophe so it isn't universal too...

[Stefan2]

Upps, you're right. That is a problem. And apostrophe in path is even a bigger one.

Needs more code, and better a script to load and execute,... to be on the save side.



*moretestsneeded*

 

[ZoSTeR]

Quoting/Escaping arguments in PowerShell can be a real pain.

After plenty of research I found the command line arguments used here.

So instead of:

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-Command "&{&'C:\PathTo\CreateChecksum.ps1' -listFile '%L'}"

you could try

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-Command "&{Your-Code '%L'}"

I replaced all -Path with -LiteralPath (where applicable).
But even then I had to use

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$folderItem.FullName.ToString().Replace('[','`[').Replace(']','`]')

for single square brackets because -LiteralPath is still buggy imho.