IN WINDOWS XP WE HAVE 4 FOLDERS IN C DRIVE. 1 NAMED GROUPS. 2 NAMED INDIVIDUALS. 3 NAMED OUTPUT. 4 NAMED ERRORS.
IN FOLDER 1 WE PUT SCHOOL PHOTO GROUPS OF DIFFERENT CLASES. WE NAME THEM AS FOLLOWS [login to view URL], Y-O2A [login to view URL], Y-02B(DSC_6223 BEST).JPG ETC. WE USE THE FIRST 5 CHARACTERS TO NAME THE DIFFERENT CLASS GROUP PHOTOS OF A SCHOOL.
IN FOLDER 2 WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL PHOTO OF EACH CHILD IN THE GROUPS. THEY ARE NAMED AS FOLLOWS. [login to view URL], Y-01A-S1002-552,JPG, Y-01A-S1003-441,JPG, [login to view URL], [login to view URL], Y-02B-S2002-1566,JPG, Y-02B-S2004-4225,JPG ETC.
THE PROGRAM MUST DO:
LOOK IN FOLDER 1 FOR FILE 1 LOOK AT THE FILE NAME (FIRST 5 CHARACTERS) LOOK IN FOLDER 2 SEARCH FOR ALL FILES WITH THE SAME FIRST 5 CHARACTERS AND COPY EACH FILE THAT COINCIDES FROM FOLDER 1 TO FOLDER 3 WITH FOLDER 2'S FILE NAME. THEN REPEAT FOR FILE 2 IN FOLDER 1 AND SO ON TO THE END OF FOLDER 1.
IN FOLDER 3 WE MUST COPY FILES FROM FOLDER 1 THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PICKED AND FILES FROM FOLDER 2 THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED.