version 4.61 released 22nd April, 2022

    FileSieve is going open source; please see the GitHub repository for more info;
    because of this, this page can generally be ignored.

    If you would like further information on purchasing FileSieve, please see the purchase page.
    A Comparison Chart is available showing the differences between each Edition of FileSieve.

    FileSieve 4 is commercial software; you can still use it in its restricted form for an unlimited period of time to evaluate it to see if it meets your needs.

    There are two types of licenses available.

    • Home
    • This is the full version of the software - minus the enterprise-orientated features - that can be used at home, or on a system that isn't located in a place of work.

    • Enterprise
    • This, like the Home version, is the full version of the software but with additional enterprised-orientated features and the license permits the use of the FileSieve software at a place of work.

    By purchasing this software you will gain the following features. Items colour-coded to denote the edition of FileSieve they are supported in. Home Edition has all the features of the Free Edition, and the Enterprise Edition has all the features of the Free and Home editions.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITIONFREE EDITION

  • Unlimited Profiles, Source Items, and Items
  • The free version is limited to 1 Profile, 4 Source Items, and 200 Items.

    The full version of FileSieve allows unlimited profiles, each containing their very own self-contained settings, and no restrictions on how many Source Items each Profile can contain or how many Items can be processed.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Overwrite Rules Editor
  • The Overwrite Rules Editor allows rules to be defined to specify exactly how destination files that already exist should be handled. Regular expressions are supported.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Multiple Destinations
  • Allows Items to be processed into the main destination as normal and additionally into multiple other mirrored locations. Each Item will be fully processed into the mirrored locations; Items are not simply copied from the main destination into these locations, but go through the overwrite rules, etc, pipeline.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • CopyMode: Delete
  • The addition of the Delete copy mode allows you to, for example, combine it with the Duplicate method to delete all duplicate items that are found.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Import & Export
  • Full import and export of Source Item lists.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • System Tray
  • System tray support to always have FileSieve on-hand, with the addition of starting Profiles directly from the system tray.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Backup & Restore
  • The full support and customisation of backing up and restoring various configurational aspects of FileSieve.

    ENTERPRISE EDITION

  • Profile Triggers
  • Triggers can be set up to automatically run a profile when certain system events occur.

    ENTERPRISE EDITION

  • Jobs/Batch Processing
  • Profiles can be set up in a Jobs list and run in sequence without any user intervention.

    MY PERSONAL THANKS

  • Supporting the Author
  • As always, my eternal gratitude for supporting me so I can continue working on FileSieve!

Information

Introduction
Features
Requirements
Contact
EULA
Credits

Purchase Info

Preface

Terminology
Steps

Long Names
Regular Expressions

Usage

Main Window
Source Item Editor
Profile Manager
Destination Window
Methods Window
Modifiers Window
Invalid Filename Editor
Simulation Window
Regex Tester
Triggers Window
Jobs Window
Settings Window
Log Window
Plugin Details

Command Line

Automation

Introduction

Results
Commands
Properties

Methods

Attributes
Batched A-Z
Checksum
Classification
Consolidate
DateStamp
Delimiter
EXIF
Extension
Find Replace
Mirror
Segment
Substring
Standard A - Z
Tag
Quantity

Modifiers

Attributes
Casing
Find Replace

Triggers

DateTime
User Idle
Directory Watcher

Miscellaneous

Known Issues
Future

Changelog

© Joseph Cox, 2005 - 2022.