Topic: parse " - " as "\" so it become subfolders (Read 4729 times)

MBaNL · « **on:** 03 October 2012, 22:13 »

When in batch mode it would be great to see that " - " from a DAT name will be parsed as "\" or at least so that it becomes a sub folder.

For instance with the TOSEC DAT files if you only collect C64 it is not easy to navigate through the folders since there is no real tree structure and there are 111 DAT files for only this Commodore version.

Example:
Commodore C64 - Games - [TAP]\Out Run (1988)(U.S. Gold)(Side A).zip
Will become:
Commodore C64\Games\[TAP]\Out Run (1988)(U.S. Gold)(Side A).zip

Maybe I'm overlooking something but if not it would be great to see this addition (if it's not already there and I'm realy overlooking something). It will help me to even more simple and better organize as it already is.

Starshadow · « **Reply #1 on:** 03 October 2012, 23:06 »

You can get your desired effect by using the 'create folders' batch files that come with the TOSEC DAT pack to create an empty directory tree, and then manually setting the ROM path for each DAT to the appropriate folder in the tree. It takes a bit of work to set up, but after that it's all nice and organized.

MBaNL · « **Reply #2 on:** 04 October 2012, 01:42 »

@Starshadow, Thanks for your reply... That's correct but not as easy as it sounds... I manage my collection from 2 PC's, my server and my main PC. On my main the drive is a network drive which is Y:\ and on my server it is drive E:\. That would mean I have to change the location constantly. So the earlier mentioned solution would be great since then the folders will indeed be created the way the batch files from TOSEC are.