# conditional move script
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 24, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515 "2007-02-24T17:42:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@sinthome](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sinthome)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/1 "2007-02-24T17:42:46Z")
when i move new music into my main library i have a transitional folder where the files await their formatting. i now have a 'basic' action group that does almost everything automatically. one thing that would help is if i could set it up to only rename/move the album folder if and only if it there is a year tag. how would i set that up? and thanks!
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/2 "2007-02-24T22:31:38Z")
Basically it would work like this:
$if(%year%,do the move stuff,put a placeholder that keeps everything unchanged)
Maybe you need to post your action so we can give a more exact answer.
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### Author:  [@sinthome](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sinthome)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/3 "2007-02-25T00:38:47Z")
i use:
format value
directory field
C:...\music\%artist% - (%year%) %album%
🙂
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### Author:  [@sinthome](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sinthome)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/4 "2007-02-25T22:06:15Z")
so how do i put a placeholder? apologies for my ignorance!
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/5 "2007-02-25T23:59:49Z")
So again:
> [@](#):
>
> Maybe you need to post your action so we can give a more exact answer.
Please give us a reality example from what you have coded so far.
DD.20070226.0200
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### Author:  [@sinthome](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sinthome)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/6 "2007-02-26T00:23:23Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> So again:
>
> Please give us a reality example from what you have coded so far.
ummm...
> [@sinthome](#):
>
> format value
> directory field
> C:...\music\%artist% - (%year%) %album%
thats really real! 
album is located in \music\waitingroom\somefolder
and i want it to be moved to \music
and the folder formatted as %artist% - (%year%) %album%
im assuming it should look like this:
$if(%year%,C:...\music\%artist% - (%year%) %album%,???)
except i need something to replace the ??? that will 'do nothing'.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/7 "2007-02-26T01:27:58Z")
> [@sinthome](#):
>
> album is located in \music\waitingroom\somefolder
> and i want it to be moved to \music
> and the folder formatted as %artist% - (%year%) %album%
> im assuming it should look like this:
> $if(%year%,C:...\music\%artist% - (%year%) %album%,???)
> except i need something to replace the ??? that will 'do nothing'.
1.
_'im assuming'_ means you did not actually any coding yet?
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Please explain what _'C:...'_ does in the expression.
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_'Do nothing'_ means something like _'no change - leave it as is'_ .
In other words:
If there is an event then let the new state exist otherwise let the old state exist.
DD.20070226.0327
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-move-script/4515/8 "2026-02-09T12:20:10Z")