Suffixes Rename_Anomaly - Renaming batch files in Livecode

[Mike Bonner]

Can you do something like.. if char -6 of item 2 of tln is not a character
then put empty into char -6 of item 2 of tln?
Haven't tried it here.

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:22 AM, stephen barncard <
stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:

> Good one Mike.   Now I have to find out how to detect and filter the damn
> things. The list of songs on the right comes from some very old CD and DAT
> labeling stacks that were saved as RTF.
>
> What's happening is that I'm transferring all my DAT tapes to a hard drive
> archive, but all I get are files named marker 1.aiff, marker 2.aiff as the
> indexes turn the sections into files. I have corresponding labels with song
> listings that correspond to the indexes. This stack I'm creating now just
> matches those old lists with the sequential  generic named files and
> renames
> them.
>
> On 11 December 2010 23:55, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Found it. In your data box, put your cursor between the . and the i in
> > delphi (track 12). Hit delete. Twice to get rid of the i then retype the
> i
> > and it'll work.  Is this another example of a unicode problem or
> something
> > of that nature? All the files on the right (at the start) are this way,
> and
> > fixing them solves the issue.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:42 PM, stephen barncard <
> > stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:
> >
> > > So no one here has used *rename* lately?
> > >
> > > On 11 December 2010 16:03, stephen barncard <
> > > stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Gang.
> > > >
> > > > This one has me baffled. Head against desk for a while.
> > > >
> > > > please load my test stack with
> > > >
> > > > go stack URL "http://fulton.barncard.com/bugz/multilineRenameBug.rev
> "
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > (It only creates suffixed files in a folder that you create or point
> to
> > > > after clicking a button.)
> > > >
> > > > I am renaming files like this in a script in a loop:
> > > >
> > > > Rename file "/Volumes/20101202 USB-320/test rename2/1 Audio
> Track.aiff"
> > > to
> > > >  "/Volumes/20101202 USB-320/test rename2/1 Audio Track.aiff"
> > > >
> > > > results in files being renamed, but minus the dot suffix, like "01
> > > > Aerogel" instead of the desired "01 Aerogel.aiff"
> > > >
> > > > 1. hasn't anyone noticed?
> > > > 2. Could it be related to that annoying message that comes up when
> > users
> > > > try to change suffixes ?
> > > > 3. Or is it an engine bug?
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone else experienced this? I'm about to make a bug report.
> THis
> > is
> > > > happening in 4.0 and 4.5.2.  MacOSX 10.5.8 G5 Dual 2.5 ghz  - not
> > tested
> > > on
> > > > other platforms.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > any comments or ideas welcomed..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -  !  -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Stephen Barncard
> > > > San Francisco Ca. USA
> > > > * *
> > > >
> > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Stephen Barncard
> > > San Francisco Ca. USA
> > >
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