Copy/Move files with FIFO-Buffer/Pipeline?

Greetings,
I'm looking for a way to copy or move files in the follwoing way:
1) select target directory
2) put files in a buffer. the files will be copied/moved to the target directory one after the other (FIFO)
I think this would be a convenient feature for a file manager but I have not found one which works that way. Command line solutions would also be appreciated.
Thanks,
Beezle

karol wrote:Would 'cp something_1 somewhere && cp something_2 somewhere && ...' do the trick?
No, because I want the first file/folder to be copied/moved while I am still doing the selection in order to save time.
Sorry for the confusion. The files should not actually be copied into a buffer, it only keeps in mind which files/folders I wish to copy/move. When a new file/folder is selected, it does not start copying/moving immediately but waits until the previous files/folders are done. The benefit would be that no parallel actions occur (but I can still select files/folders at my own pace and copying/moving occurs while I am still selecting).
The rox-scripting idea sounds pretty good. I briefly tried writing a pygtk script but could not get drag and drop to work.
Thank you.
edit: It's not like I'm copying and moving files around all day like mad, I just want to be as efficient as possible.
Last edited by Beezle (2012-01-13 16:27:15)

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