Feature Request: Extended Move command creating symlinks from source to target

[bigstar]

Sorry, I misunderstood exactly what you were trying to do.

The reason a checkbox on the move dialog wont work is because the command that needs to be performed is specific to the FTP server brand, in this case ioFTPD.

The revised code will move the folder from the current location to @dst@ and then create a symlink in the current folder pointing to the new location.

I also quoted the paths, this is needed for the /move macro, but I am unsure if site chattr command can handle them, if not you may need to remove them, but otherwise they would be needed if the folder name contains any spaces.

#This script is command specific to ioFTPD servers
#only allow this command to run if the remote browser is active
/require remote
# prompt the user to select the target folder
/set @dst@ $selectfolder("Move Folder and create SymLink", "Select Folder:")
#For-each item selected
{
    /move "%f" "@dst@%f"
    site chattr +l "%f" "@dst@%f"
}
/list

[brackebuschtino]

The reason a checkbox on the move dialog wont work is because the command that needs to be performed is specific to the FTP server brand, in this case ioFTPD.

I see.

The revised code will move the folder from the current location to @dst@ and then create a symlink in the current folder pointing to the new location.

The code still has a bug. From the output log i read that the directory to apply the "CHATTR" command to does not exist. Here's the log:

[L] [CMD] /require remote
[L] [CMD] /set @dst@ $selectfolder("Move Folder and create SymLink", "Select Folder:")
[L] [CMD] /move "Test_Directory" "/ARCHiVE/Test_Directory"
[L] RNFR Test_Directory
[L] 350 Directory exists, ready for destination name.
[L] RNTO /ARCHiVE/Test_Directory
[L] 250 RNTO command successful.
[L] site chattr +l "Test_Directory" "/ARCHiVE/Test_Directory"
[L] 500 "Test_Directory: No such file or directory.
[L] [CMD] /list

So i added another line to fix that:

#For-each item selected
{
    /move "%f"  "@dst@%f"
    MKD "%f"
    site chattr +l "%f" "@dst@%f"
}

This finally does what i want. But i still have some individual requirements for the symlink naming. I'd like to strip some part(s) out of the target path name before it is created and use it to prepend it to the symlink name like for instance:

name of directory to move: [Cat.No.] Test_Directory // strip and dump the substring "[Cat.No.]"
name of target directory: /ARCHiVE/Test_Directory
name of symlink: [Cat.No.] Test_Directory // prepend the dumped substring "[Cat.No.]"

I noticed you mentioned "macros".

Would you mind hinting me to a documentation for how to write FFXP macros?
Also, would you mind telling me what language is used for the RAW commands? Is there are a documentation explaining string operations?
Also, would you mind telling me how to convert that script into an ioFTPD custom command or make it executable via shortscuts to prevent me from copy+paste that script around all the time?