aaditya420/file-manager

Automatic real time File and Folders sorter for all the OCD lovers <3

File/Folder Auto-sorter

Monitor any folder and sort your files and folders inside it automatically

Methodology

1. Sort files based on extension as defined in the config.json
2. Sort folders based on maximum type of extensions present in the folder

Usage

1. Install python 3.X
2. Create virtualenv:

    python -m venv env

3. Activate the environment:
   • Linux:

       source env/bin/activate 

   • Windows:

       env\\Scripts\\activate

4. Install requirements:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Defining config.json:
   • Structure

       {
           "include": {
               "extension-name": "path/to/folder/for/extension"
           },
           "ignore": ["extension-name"],
           "others": "path/to/misc/folder"
       }

   • Example

       {
           "include": {
               "exe": "C:\\Users\\Username\\Downloads\\Software"
           },
           "ignore": ["tmp", "crdownload"],
           "others": "C:\\Users\\Username\\Downloads\\MISC"
       }

   Note: Not having "others" in configuration will give you errors if that extension file is not defined in the config already. The folders defined for every extension will be created automatically. Configuration can be modified during runtime, it is loaded everytime a file is detected (can lead to performance issues for a large batch).

6. Run the script:

    python monitor.py "path/to/folder/to/monitor"