Prevent multiple folders of same item

[sdballer]

If I open /Movies/Blah and copy in a file, it never copies to its original /disk1/Movies/Blah

 

it will create a /disk2/Movies/Blah

 

 

so now I have a bunch of

/disk1/Movies/Blah/movie.mkv

/disk2/Movies/Blah/movie.srt

 

How can I prevent this without manually finding each starting disk?

[trurl]

split level

[sdballer]

Maybe you could elaborate, I have 10TB of movies, spread across 10 drives. If I add a file to an existing folder at a later date,  I want files to merge to their original location, without directly opening every 10 drives to find the specific folder.

[trurl]

How is the split level set now for your Movies share?

[sdballer]

Currently it is not set.

 

The other part of it is that I drag in drop movie into my Movies Share and it spreads into one of the many drives using the Most Free method, which is perfectly fine. The problem is, going back at a later date into the Movie share and adding files, it just ends up getting created into a new folder on a new drive under the same name.

[garycase]

As trurl has noted, if you set the split level for the "Movies" share to 2, it won't go below that level on a new disk as long as there's room for new files in the current 2nd level folder.  This should do what you want.    Just set it to 2 and try the next one to confirm it.

 

[garycase]

Note, by the way, that split level has NO impact on current files ... it's only looked at when writing new files.  So changing it won't result in anything you've already done being moved around.

 

[sdballer]

Thanks buds, I hope that resolves it. I got some work ahead of me, I got a bunch of dupe folders =/

[dgaschk]

The duplicate folders are not superfluous. The User share combines the folders with common names into a single directory. Keeping files together on a single drive is useful for other reasons.

[DaleWilliams]

The duplicate folders are not superfluous. The User share combines the folders with common names into a single directory. Keeping files together on a single drive is useful for other reasons.

+1

There's no real need to 'clean up' the current organization.

No need to try to 'eliminate' the 'duplicate folders' unless you're actually having a specific performance problem.

Your example with the .srt and the movie file won't be a problem on playback.

Adjust the split level and going forward, all files for each movie will be on one drive.