Move files from search with folder structure

[robubble]

Hello to everyone.

I didn't find a way to do so yet, so here's the question/suggestion:

I'm trying to move mutiple files from search and or branch/flat view to another location but with there folder structure/parent folders.

Use case would be:
There are several images with different recording days (EXIF data) in mutiple subfolders. I want to sort them into the same structure but separated by that dates.
As an example:
Source:
Main folder
- Subfolder 1
- Subfolder 2

Processed:
Main Folder
- Subfolder 1
-- Date 1
-- Date 2
- Subfolder 2
-- Date 1
-- Date 2

The only way I found so far is through batch processing but I don't want the files to be canged, only moved/copied (maybe adding this into the batch processing tool would be a possible solution?). Another way could be an option in the move/copy dialogue where I can choose how many parent folders should be included.
Do you have other ideas how to archive this in different ways?

[vovka]

It would be great if 'Copy to...' and 'Move to...' dialogs have a toggle 'Keep folder structure'.
Or add an option 'Copy only (do not convert)' to 'Batch convert' dialog.

[user0]

try 'Import and sort' in Browser>File

[vovka]

try 'Import and sort' in Browser>File

here's the example:
i have a huge library of scanned photos (with assigned categories) stored on different disks/folders/subfolders
now i want to copy all photos with 'School' category to a different location
i filter the files, select them all
but when i use 'Copy to...' then all files will be written in one folder
this is not what i want, i want that source folder structure to be retained

'Batch convert' has this feature but it's not always OK because it forcefully converts images

[user0]

'Batch convert' has this feature but it's not always OK because it forcefully converts images

1. select output format that will be larger than your original files (eg BMP)
2. check 'Keep original when encoded result is larger'

[cday]

here's the example:
i have a huge library of scanned photos (with assigned categories) stored on different disks/folders/subfolders
now i want to copy all photos with 'School' category to a different location
i filter the files, select them all
but when i use 'Copy to...' then all files will be written in one folder
this is not what i want, i want that source folder structure to be retained

'Batch convert' has this feature but it's not always OK because it forcefully converts images

With no 'Actions' selected, or in what respect? You could possibly post that as a bug.

[vovka]

'Batch convert' has this feature but it's not always OK because it forcefully converts images

1. select output format that will be larger than your original files (eg BMP)
2. check 'Keep original when encoded result is larger'

thanks, but that's a dirty trick
i guess it will work great with jpegs but in my case the files are of different types - jpeg, tiff, bmp, different raw files and even some old stuff like pcx, i'm just scared to mess the things up. moreover xnview will do unnecessary calculations to get the new expected file size for comparison.

i would definitely prefer to see a toggle like 'Just copy the files' in 'Batch convert' dialog
or 'Keep folder structure' in 'Copy to / Move to' dialogs, this one is preferrable because it will also create all necessary descript.ion files

[vovka]

With no 'Actions' selected, or in what respect? You could possibly post that as a bug.

no, that's not a bug, it works as expected
it is a 'wish' for a new feature