Organizing Files

You may need to organize how files are to be stored on the backup target. For instance, two files in different directories might have the same name, so they'll need to be on different directories on the target as well. Or you may just want to keep files that are in different directories on your disk also separate in the backup location. The TagNBag Namespace Extension allows you to create directory structures on the virtual directory for the backup, and to move files to the created directories.

Creating directories

You create directories or folders in the TagNBag virtual directory in a way similar to how it's done in the regular Windows File System. Just do a Right Mouse Click (RMC) in the directory you want to set the new directory, and select the New menu item in the pop up menu, followed by the Folder item:

This will create a folder labeled New Folder. You can rename this as you can any item in Windows Explorer.
Rename Folder

You can also delete a folder if you decide that you no longer want it.

Moving (or copying files)

Similar to creating folders, you can move or copy files within the virtual directory using drag and drop. You can also copy files from the file system to the virtual folder, which will add them to the backup set. They will be marked in the file system with the TagNBag icon as if you had done the Mark for backup RMC menu selection.

Directory scenario

To see why the directory organizing faciliity is needed, consider what happens in a typical file marking scenario. When you decide that a file in the your file system should be included in a backup, you mark it.
Mark file

This causes the file to be marked with a TagNBag overlay icon.
Marked overlay icon

It also causes the file to appear in the To back up virtual directory in the TagNBag namespace extension.

But note that other files in other file system folders will also be put in the root of the To back up virtual directory. This mixing of files from different source directories can cause obvious confusion. Worse, if two files in different directories have the same name, such as two readme files, you can't have them in the same directory at all.

For this reason, you might want to create a subdirectory under To back up when you mark a file to be backed up. After the file is marked in the view for the file system, you can switch to view the file in To back up. There you can create a subfolder for the files you just marked. Once the files are moved, you can go back to your file system and repeat the process.