Personal Games drive script

[antonyfrn]

Hi can someone take a look at these three scripts i made as ive been fiddling with them over time and see if anything can be done to improve or optimise them

ive attached the three files with this post below.

[Rohk]

What I would change:

for monthly:
Add DoNotVacate for each gap. e.g. AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneBegin,VolumeSize * 0.01), DoNotVacate)
Change SortByName to SortByLastChange on "one game" zones e.g.

Code:

  /* Zone 4: Diablo III. */
  FileSelect
    DirectoryPath("D:\Games\Diablo III")
  FileActions
    SortByLastChange(Ascending)
    AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneBegin,VolumeSize * 0.01), DoNotVacate)
  FileEnd

for weekly and daily
add DoNotVacate for each gap expect the last one
and then use MoveUpToZone() on every zone

e.g.

Code:

  /* Zone 4: Diablo III. */
  FileSelect
    DirectoryPath("D:\Games\Diablo III")
  FileActions
    MoveUpToZone() 
    Defragment(Fast)
    FastFill()
    AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneBegin,VolumeSize * 0.01), DoNotVacate)
  FileEnd

and last gap and last zone

    AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneBegin,VolumeSize * 0.01))
  FileEnd
 
  /* Zone 3: all other files. */
  FileSelect
    all
  FileActions
    MoveUpToZone() 
    Defragment(Fast)
    FastFill()
  FileEnd

You also have the "Steam program files" zone twice. Remove one of them.

[antonyfrn]

sorry bit of a possible dumb question as im not that good with making these scripts what does "DoNotVacate" do exactly does work like this?

any files from the target directory are not moved from the zone? sorry cant think how to explain exactly how im thinking of it.

[Rohk]

From manual:

If all the next zones are sorted zones (using one of the SortBy fileactions) then DoNotVacate can be used, it will save some unnecessary data movements.

Nothing big but it saves some file movement when creating a gap and moving files upwards to each zone.

When you create a gap it is automatically vacated (all files inside the gap are moved upwards). If DoNotVacate is used then files inside the gap are left unmoved and can be moved upwards one by one to each zone using some of the SortBy methods or the MoveUpToZone() method.

[antonyfrn]

and last gap and last zone

    AddGap(RoundUp(ZoneBegin,VolumeSize * 0.01))
  FileEnd
 
  /* Zone 3: all other files. */
  FileSelect
    all
  FileActions
    MoveUpToZone() 
    Defragment(Fast)
    FastFill()
  FileEnd

You also have the "Steam program files" zone twice. Remove one of them.

should that be for all scripts? or just weekly/daily

[Rohk]

should that be for all scripts? or just weekly/daily

For weekly and daily. That's how I do it. I just "push" up the last remaining files when creating the last gap in weekly and daily scripts. But you have to use MoveUpToZone in the last zone also, if you want to clear all the previously made gaps.

[antonyfrn]

Could you take a quick look when you got a chance and see if i missed anything in these scripts

[Rohk]

Here's my changes, see if you like it or not. you missed few DoNotVacate and I changed all single game zones to use SortByLastChange.

That's all I got. Hopefully some else can help you further.

[antonyfrn]

cheers ill take a look tonight