Re: Automated file management solution

Grab the PERL book and start writing...

;)

I don't do Perl anymore so don't ask.
(Been too long for me)

I know someone who's a perl expert could hash this out in a jiffy...

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"Scott" <silentchild@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for a solution that would watch a set of shared folders and
> automatically move the files in those folders to other named folders on
> the server based on customized file naming conventions.
>
> For example, say you've set up a file naming convention that specifies a
> unique 3-letter abbreviation for each customer. Every file created for
> that customer is named with the 3-letter abbrev. at the beginning. You
> save all newly created files to a single folder, regardless of which
> customer the file is created for.
>
> The solution would watch that folder, and then move files with the same
> 3-letter abbreviation to a corresponding customer folder.
>
> Any ideas?
>


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