[iyonix-support] Re: Help with renaming DOS extensions please

On 18 Nov, John  wrote in message
  <50003d946dmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> I have just renamed a large number of directories of mp3 files to
> include the appropriate DOS extension using !Rename. I did this so that
> a networked Windoze machine would recognise the files as music and be
> able to play them on WMP11. 
> 
> I now see that !Rename has appended the file extension .mpa instead of
> the expected .mp3 so WMP11 still cannot play them since it thinks they
> are movie clips  :(

That suggests that your MimeMap file may be wrong, or the MP3s had the
wrong RISC OS type to start with.
 
> I am sure it must be possible to change all instances of .mpa into .mp3
> using !Rename but I cannot find the right combination of entries for the
> two windows. Can anyone help, please?

I presume you mean the two fields in the Rename window?

* Tick Recurse - Directories.

* Set the Prototype to ^./mpa (ie. 1 or more anythings, followed by /mpa).

* Set the Rename To to &1/mp3 (ie. what matched the ^., followed by /mp3).

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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