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Guest Sid Elbow
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Not sure how to explain this but:

 

I have a directory tree consisting of a set of sub-directories each

containing an individual file.

 

That is, I have <rootdir> containing <dir1>, <dir2>, dir<3> ... etc

<dir1> contains <file1>

<dir2> contains <file2>

<dir3> contains <file3> ... etc

 

(fwiw the directories are named the same as the files they contain).

 

Does any one know of a utility (or batch file) that will allow me to

easily un-nest these files (that is pull them out of their individual

directories up to the <rootdir>)?

 

 

[if it were just the one tree I'd bite the bullet and could probably do

it manually in not much more time than it takes to write. However, I

have multiple instances of such trees].

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Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)
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Re: Un-nesting Files

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

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> Not sure how to explain this but:

>

> I have a directory tree consisting of a set of sub-directories each

> containing an individual file.

>

> That is, I have <rootdir> containing <dir1>, <dir2>, dir<3> ... etc

> <dir1> contains <file1>

> <dir2> contains <file2>

> <dir3> contains <file3> ... etc

>

> (fwiw the directories are named the same as the files they contain).

>

> Does any one know of a utility (or batch file) that will allow me to

> easily un-nest these files (that is pull them out of their individual

> directories up to the <rootdir>)?

>

>

> [if it were just the one tree I'd bite the bullet and could probably do it

> manually in not much more time than it takes to write. However, I have

> multiple instances of such trees].

 

xxcopy.exe can do this. They call it "Flatten a directory tree".

You can download it from a number of sites.

Guest Sid Elbow
Posted

Re: Un-nesting Files

 

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> xxcopy.exe can do this. They call it "Flatten a directory tree".

> You can download it from a number of sites.

 

OK, found it. I'll give it a whirl.

 

Thanks, Pegasus.


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