# Extracting directories

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253 "2020-03-23T19:41:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![haldo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@haldo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/haldo)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253/1 "2020-03-23T19:41:07Z")

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Hi everybody

Is there a way to write to a tag the content of the second upper directory ?

I mean:

I have files stored in directories this way:

c:\first\_dir\second\_dir\song.mp3

the tag %\_directory% extract "second\_dir" but I want to extract the "first\_dir"

Thank You in advance

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253/2 "2020-03-23T20:00:16Z")

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Use Convert\>Filename-Tag  
Format string: `%datafieldname%\%dummy%\%dummy%`

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**Author:** ![vilsen](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e95f7d/32.png) [@vilsen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vilsen)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253/3 "2020-03-23T20:38:34Z")

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Or use %\_parent\_directory%

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**Author:** ![haldo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@haldo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/haldo)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253/4 "2020-03-23T20:47:52Z")

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Thanks Vilsen

works like a charm

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-directories/48253/5 "2020-04-22T20:47:53Z")

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