Re: [PCWorks] How to create a batch file to rename a file, then rename it back?
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:14:16 -0500
Thanks Hugh, but that's not working, I though it looked a bit
too simple. I tried on a test file, just as you put it:
ren E:\Backups\test.txt test1.txt
Even tried this with the full paths of both:
ren E:\Backups\test.txt E:\Backups\test1.txt
I click them and nothing happens.
This is going back to that long SP3 post of mine and the part
regarding the patch MS sent me. Well, the patch stopped
working! So now my only work-around is having to keep the
causative file renamed, then when I need to use my FireWire HD
rename to what it's supposed to be, then when I'm through
rename it back to the other name. Details on this are in these
posts:
//www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/07-2008/msg00004.html
//www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/07-2008/msg00108.html
So it would be something like:
Existing file:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\BLAHsbp2port.sys
Renamed to the original when I need to use the FW HD:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sbp2port.sys
Then renamed back to BLAH when I'm through with the HD. The
other folder in question I mentioned that may have to be
involved is the dllcache folder.
Thanks,
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
Basically:
Use Notepad.
ren file.txt file.doc
Save this as "rename.bat"
ren file.doc file.txt
Save this as "rerename.bat"
These will execute by clicking.
Tell us more about what you're trying to do to get more
options.
Karl Springer wrote:
> On 22 Jul 2008 at 9:35 -0500, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin
> wrote, at least in part:
>
>> Can anyone please tell me how to make a batch file to rename
>> a file, then another one to rename it back to the original
>> name?
>
> Lots of expertise at
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/batchworld/>.
>
> Karl
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