File sequence management

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Film, television, animation. most forms of visual media deal in file
sequences.
thousands of individual files are being accessed as a sequence by my
software on a regular basis. I find if I try to copy a folder containing a
sequence of files from one computer to another. Windows seams to start
copying the files randomly.

for a example If I have files 01,02,03,04,05 and copy them to another
destination, windows will display the files it's copying in the order
03,05,01,02,04. Near as I can tell this means that, while the files
themselves may be whole, the blocks of hard drive space it's been recorded
to is scattered, resulting in a fragmented sequence.

I'm trying to find a way to force windows to maintain the sequential order
of these files when I do a copy. (copy the files in order from
01,02,03,04,05) I know in linux I could do so using an xargs command, but
I haven't been able to find something similar on windows.

 

[Donald Lessau]

Film, television, animation. most forms of visual media deal in file
sequences.
thousands of individual files are being accessed as a sequence by my
software on a regular basis. I find if I try to copy a folder containing
a
sequence of files from one computer to another. Windows seams to start
copying the files randomly.

for a example If I have files 01,02,03,04,05 and copy them to another
destination, windows will display the files it's copying in the order
03,05,01,02,04. Near as I can tell this means that, while the files
themselves may be whole, the blocks of hard drive space it's been
recorded
to is scattered, resulting in a fragmented sequence.

I'm trying to find a way to force windows to maintain the sequential order
of these files when I do a copy. (copy the files in order from
01,02,03,04,05) I know in linux I could do so using an xargs command,
but
I haven't been able to find something similar on windows.

You can do this with XYplorer:

(1) Open the Catalog (Ctrl+F8)
(2) Right-click it and create a new Category
(3) Collect your files in that Category by drag-n-drop
(4) Now you can order them as you like inside the Category by drag-n-drop
(5) Right-click the Category and select "Copy All Items in Category"
(6) The items are now placed on the clipboard in the exact order you want
them to be in. Now you copy them to any target using the Paste command. They
will be copied in that order.

http://www.xyplorer.com/

Don