# Can a plugin change the destination directory of a tagged file?

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/can-a-plugin-change-the-destination-directory-of-a-tagged-file/177031>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard\
**Tags:** picard-plugins\
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/can-a-plugin-change-the-destination-directory-of-a-tagged-file/177031 "2016-12-06T10:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![hashhar](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/hashhar/32/4976_2.png) [@hashhar](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/hashhar)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/can-a-plugin-change-the-destination-directory-of-a-tagged-file/177031/1 "2016-12-06T10:18:55Z")

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I want to write a plugin which will warn the user if the destination for the file already contains the same file.

The **same file** is decided by comparing the old filename (ie. source file) to the tagger generated filename (ie. the target file). I have implemented this in the actual Picard code but the people on IRC suggested me to add it as a plugin first.

So, my questions are:

1. Can I affect the destination directory using a plugin?
2. If yes, how? Is it as simple as changing the `_filename` and `_extension` tags to what I want?
3. Also, would you like the feature in the core product?