App to batch rename to specific name?

[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 Name	Rename
C:\ddsaadsv	C:\anyfilename
C:\sadfewss	C:\anotherfilename
C:\adfdsvvd	C:\adifferentfilename
Run

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

(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#batch

And on no account overlook Horst Schaeffer's Batch tools page.