Move files based on date/time created

[Nosyarg]

Greetings.... and I ask forgiveness if this question has been posed before.... I have looked but not found all the answers I'm seeking.

Basically, I've got a video recording program that generates rather large files. I need to move those files to an external share, but I also need to categorize them by day and group them by hour. I could be generating upwards of 100 files per day, but they'll all have unique filenames, so that's not an issue. I just need a macro set up to act as a watch folder to take the file, determine it's destination directory by the day and time the file was created, and ship the file there.

Another question I have... if I schedule the watcher to start every 10 minutes or so, will it act upon files that are only partially created? These recordings will be somewhat large.

So if I start a recording at 4:30am that runs for 10 minutes... then I start another one 2 minutes later that runs for 7 minutes, then another one 2 minutes or so after that which runs for 12 minutes, can I start a watcher that runs often but only enacts on complete files?

This is becoming a beast of a project as I think about it. Any help or suggestions in putting this together would be welcomed with open arms. Thanks!

[truekefir]

FileMove wouldn't move a file if it's being locked by recording software, so there is no problem with that.

[AlphaBravo]

here is something to fiddle with

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SrcFolder := A_Desktop
DestFolder := "c:\"
SetTimer, Timer, 10000												; 10 second timer
return

Timer:
Loop, Files, % SrcFolder "\*.avi"											; assuming avi files type
{
	file := A_LoopFileFullPath											; save file full path	
	SubFolder := DestFolder "\" SubStr(A_LoopFileTimeModified, 5,6)			; subfolder named after month day and hour mmddhh
	if !InStr(FileExist(SubFolder), "D")									; if folder does not exist
		FileCreateDir, % SubFolder										; create folder
	FileMove, % file , % SubFolder "\" *.*									; move file to destination
}

[Nosyarg]

FileMove wouldn't move a file if it's being locked by recording software, so there is no problem with that.

Excellent! Thanks!