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Available in both Explore Views Quick Start: To Duplicate Folders Start the duplication process
Formatting the new names The Duplicate File Dialog will appear where you can set the form of the new (i.e. duplicated) filenames. By default the new files or folders will have a sequential number appended to the root name. For example My Documents would be duplicated as My Documents (001). Duplicating Folders If one or more folders are being duplicated the dialog will activate the check box Copy Folders Only. If you check this box on the tree structure will be copied - no files will copied. Details For complete details about each field on the Duplicate Files dialog see below. Creating duplicates of folders is exactly the same process as creating duplicate files except that there is one extra option: whether or not to copy the everything in the folder or just the folder structure (e.g. not to copy any files). Duplicating a folders is the process of creating copies of folders in the same folder as the originals but with a new name. Typically the new name consists of the original name with a sequence number inserted in the name. Duplicate everything or just the structure, you have the choice of duplicating everything in the folder (e.g. including the files) or just duplicating the tree structure of the folder (i.e. no files are copied). Flexible naming of duplicated files just as when duplicating files Folders can be duplicated any number of times, each with unique names. Creating Multiple Copies in One Operation For quick information on how to create up to one-thousand copies of selected files and folders at one time see Creating Multiple Copies of Files and Folders.
When you duplicate files and folders the following dialog will appear allowing you to specify how the duplicate files will be named. The choices you make here - just like almost all Dialogs in FileBoss - will be saved even when FileBoss is closed. As you make changes keep an eye on the box under Sample for: FileBossIsGreat.txt as it will give you an idea as to how the names will be transformed for the new files. Duplicating Files
Pattern for new names
The pattern will be included in the names of the duplicated files, inserted at the position indicated by the Insert Where selection below. If a question mark (?) is included it will be replaced with an incremental number ensuring a unique name. FileBoss does not require that the ? be included (though you will get a warning if it is not) but it is usually best to have one to ensure unique names. Specifying where the pattern will be inserted in the names
Mutually exclusive options that determine where the pattern for the new name will be inserted in the old name. Select one and then look at the sample near the bottom of the dialog to check if this is the way you want the duplicated files named. Adding Sequential numbers to filenames
How to Setup Sequential numbering
Num. of Digits Start At Increment By: Examples: Long Beach #\?.jpeg (Digits set to 3 and Start At set to 1) Long Beach #001.jpeg, Long Beach #002.jpeg, Long Beach #003.jpeg \? Long Beach.jpeg (Digits set to 2 and Start At set to 10) 10 Long Beach.jpeg, 11 Long Beach.jpeg, 12 Long Beach.jpeg Sample Filename
Displays a sample name with the settings you have chosen. Every time you change a setting the sample will change See also: Duplicating Directory Structures Creating Multiple Copies of Files and Folders Ref: HTDE_MAKE_DUPLICATE_FOLDERS | ||||||||||||||
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