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ald4:
Hi
I don't know if 'batch' is the right word for this situation
I know there are a huge amount of batch renamers out there, but they're mostly built to rename based on specific rules and wildcards.
I'm looking for something that could rename a specific file to a different specific name at a later date
This would be useful when a program has locked several files from being changed or renamed and you don't want to keep closing the program to free it.
Eg if I have the files:
ddsaadsv
sadfewss
adfdsvvd
I'd like to be able to build a list like:
Old NameRenameC:\ddsaadsvC:\anyfilenameC:\sadfewssC:\anotherfilenameC:\adfdsvvdC:\adifferentfilenameRun
Then later that day when I hit a "Run" button, the renaming takes place.
Are there any batch renamers that already have this function?
Mickets:
You can write a DOS BAT (batch) file to do that, with DOS command lines.
If the file names are always the same ones, then something as simple as:
rename C:\ddsaadsv C:\anyfilename
rename C:\sadfewss C:\anotherfilename
rename C:\adfdsvvd C:\adifferentfilename
--- End quote ---
(just copy and paste in Notepad, and save as a BAT file - e.g.: MYFILE.BAT. Double-click to run).
If you want to go further in complexity, learn more about BAT files at DOSTips.com.
Mickets
rjbull:
A vast array of batch file enhancers exists, including small programs that check the time/date so you could make the batch file run when you wanted. You'd have to check to make sure they ran on recent versions of Windows. Take a look at these two pages from the Free Software for DOS Web site:
* http://reimagery.com/fsfd/batch1.htm
* http://reimagery.com/fsfd/z_more1.htm#batchAnd on no account overlook Horst Schaeffer's Batch tools page.
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