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Message: [QUOTE="Robert Klemme, post: 4681197"] Roughly something like this: # untested require 'pathname' require 'fileutils' require 'set' base = Pathname('/newdir/obsolete') old_dirs = Set.new Pathname.glob('dir/*/obsolete/*').each do |pn| dir, file = pn.split customer = dir.parent.basename target_dir = base + customer target_dir.directoy? or target_dir.mkdir target = target_dir + file FileUtils.mv pn, target old_dirs << dir end old_dirs.each {|d| Dir.delete d} Why can't you experiment at work? You don't need to use real paths or you can omit the final move and delete operations. You need to test your code anyway. Can't you do it on your local machine or a virtual machine? Kind regards robert [/QUOTE]