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BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby bazie » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:29 am

Hi,
I try to rename a set of folders that contain files. However, BRU creates folders with new names while leaving the old folders with their content. So, I have two folders: the old with files, and the new - empty. Is there a way to just change the old folder name, so I could have a folder with a new name already with files?

I have:
old_folder_name\files

I want:
new_folder_name\files

but I get:
old_folder_name\files
new_folder_name (empty)

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby Emerkamp » Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:51 am

Hi,

Under section (13) New Location is copy not move un-ticked and box is blank.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby bazie » Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:11 am

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I get the same result no matter whether the option is set or not.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby Admin » Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:42 pm

What renaming options are you using in BRU? Are you renaming on a standard local drive? thanks
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby bazie » Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:50 am

Here's the screen:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r6PM-ugHE1Pi87ZunijtZjWQVlB53mf9
The operation is performed on local HDD.
Each folder in "Name" column contains multiple JPG files.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby therube » Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:50 pm

Confirmed, using the settings given in the screenshot.

Newly named directory/path are created, are empty (& "touched", dated currently).
Old directories persist, unchanged.


(My first thought was whether the @ played into it, but it does not.
In my case, I did not use a .bru)
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby therube » Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:10 pm

I wonder if it's not a misunderstanding of what the copy/move is intended to accomplish?

OP wants to move a directory tree.
In the case of a directory BRU looks to be copy/move the directory name but not the files/subdirectories therein.
So it does just that, makes a newly named (& empty) directory, but that is it.

If you did the same, but with files rather then directories, the files would be copy/move to the newly specified directory location.


(I would have thought, expected it to move the directory tree.)
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby therube » Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:23 pm

Seems BRU will not do what the OP wants.

He is expecting a tree to be moved, "intact", but BRU will not do that.

The most it will do is to copy/move all the wanted files/directories to the new location - in a "flat" structure.
(That requires Subfolders to be enabled in 12:Filters. And also, most likely Prevent Duplicates option in Renaming Options.)

That will in fact copy/move "everything".
Flat means that all the files & all the directory names (though empty) are copy/move to the specified location.
So ALL of the files & ALL of the directories (names only) end up being in the specified location - itself, i.e., the are no files within any subdirectores, tree structure is not maintained.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby therube » Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:24 pm

So use BRU to rename the files / directories.
Then use your file manager to move them to where you want.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby therube » Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:35 pm

Source on the left, destination on the right.

Image

On the destination side, that is less then 1/4 of the actually listing.
(Highlights in red show the directory sizes.)
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby Emerkamp » Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:22 pm

Hi,

Yeah rename and move are two different things. Thats why I asked if the path box was blank.
After looking at the pic its not. Pretty sure this is/was a known bug with versions above 3.0

You could use the older version. v2.xx Or do a rename (Only) then do your move with explorer. Just backup before renaming.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby Admin » Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:21 am

Hi, BRU is moving the directory names but not all the files within them. It cannot delete the original directories after copy, because they are not empty.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby Emerkamp » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:00 am

Admin wrote:Hi, BRU is moving the directory names but not all the files within them. It cannot delete the original directories after copy, because they are not empty.

Hi, Been awhile since i've used the new version but I remember the bug being this.

When using BRU to move or copy a folder tree with files inside, BRU only moves/copy the folders and no files inside subfolders are moved/copy with the folder tree.
The new path only has empty folders, no files. I can't remember if it's move or copy, (Maybe both) but I believe it's the move function.

The older version this works as expected.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby bazie » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:54 am

Admin wrote:Hi, BRU is moving the directory names but not all the files within them. It cannot delete the original directories after copy, because they are not empty.


OK, but I thought I could just rename the directory names and leave the files inside untouched.
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Re: BRU creates a new folder instead of changing its name

Postby Admin » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:44 am

Yes, it is possible, but without moving them (section 13 in BRU). They can be renamed "in place". (please backup all first)
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