Sorted copy or sort FAT according to current file sorting

[mrkstr]

Hi,

I've just tried to get my brand new mp3 player (merry xmas btw) to work, and stumbled upon a limitation of this gadget. The titles are always played in the order, they're copied to the player.

If you copy a directory tree with TC, sub directories are copied unsorted too, which might lead to unexpected results when the tracks aren't created in track order. This is always the case, if one uses a multi threaded mp3-compressor.

My current workaround is a batch file which creates copies of the files in the desired order and deletes the originals. But hey- TC could be the perfect tool for such a job...

Suggestion A:
TC should be able to copy directory trees according to the sort order defined in the source tab. The same sort order must be applied to the contents of the sub directories too.

Suggestion B:
TC should be able to resort the FAT of an existing directory tree according to a configurable criteria. This would be extremely useful for existing large collections.

Regards
mrkstr

[MVV]

You should take a look on SubdirCopyOrder parameter of wincmd.ini:

SubdirCopyOrder=4
Order in which files in subdirs are copied:
4: Unsorted
0..3: Ascending by name, ext, size, date/time
-1..-4: Descending by name, ext, size, date/time
5: The same as in the active panel (no custom columns or add. sort orders)

Try to set it to 5.

[mrkstr]

Great, didn't know that. Thanks a lot.