Create up to one thousand copies of files or
folders at a time
FileBoss can create up to a thousand copies of
each selected item. If a selected item is a folder
FileBoss will create up to one thousand copies of that folder and all
its contents.
Just one extra field in the Duplicate Folders tool
Making multiple copies of a file or folder is exactly
the same as making one duplicate except that the
Number of Copies field is set to the number of
copies you want to make.
For complete details on using the copy tool see
Duplicating Files, Folders & Trees.
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Example: Creating one million files
- Create
an empty folder
- Create
one file or copy one file to the new folder
- Select
the new file and use the Actions |
Duplicate... command from the main menu to create 3,999
copies of that file (as explained below)
- Navigate
up to the parent folder and select the new folder that contains the
4,000 files
- Use
the Actions | Duplicate...
command again to create 249 copies of that folder.
There will now be 250 folders each containing
4,000 files. One million total.
Renaming New Files
 When FileBoss spins out more than one copy of
a file or folder it will add a sequential number to each file
according to a pattern you specify.
If you want specific, individual names for
each one simply:
Select the newly created files
Use the Actions |
Quick Rename... command from the main menu (or
press Ctrl+Shift+R) to start
renaming the files one by one (each filename will be displayed in a
special small dialog).
The Duplicate
Command Center
When you duplicate files and
folders a 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.
Most significant for creating multiple
copies is the Number of Copies field at the bottom of the dialog:
Specifies how many copies of the file / folder will be made. The
maximum number of copies is 1,000. So if 1,000 items are selected
and this is set to 1,000 then 1,000,000 items will be created! If
one or more of the selected items are a folder many more than
1,000,000 items can be created. When creating a
large number of files (in excess of 500,000) always be aware of
special problems affecting large file systems.
For complete information on all the fields and options
available see
Duplicating Files, Folders & Trees.
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