Re: [Easytag-mailing] Possible to specify paths in "Rename File"

[Jérôme Couderc <j couderc ifrance com>]

Hi Andrew,

    At the present time, you can't remane directories from the scanner, 
but only the file name. It's why the character "/" (considerated as 
"invalid") was renamed to "-".

Regards,
Jerome


Andrew Conkling wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if it'd be possible in EasyTAG to use paths in the
> "Rename File" scanner mask.  I have a backup of my MP3s I put on CD a
> while ago and unfortunately, I put them all in one folder, but I want to
> sort them by artist/album.
>
> I tried putting the following in the scanner which didn't work:
> /music/%a/%b (%c; %y)/%a - %t (%c; %y)
>
> That would be quite nifty, because I could put all the MP3s anywhere,
> make sure the tags are filled out correctly (they are), then just do a
> batch "rename" of the files, which would move them all to their
> appropriate folders under /music.  Instead, I have to use my filemanager
> to move them all by hand which, with 600+ files, is quite tedious.
>
> It seems like they just need to accept the character '/' as valid,
> because when I try this, it renames to (e.g.):
> -music-Bach-Brandenburg Concerto 1 BWV1046 in F (Academy of St.
> Martin-in-the-Fields, Marriner; 1980)-Bach - Brandenburg Concerto 1.1 in
> F - [ ] (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Marriner; 1980)
>
> Is this possible or even trivially doable?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Andrew Conkling
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