Suffixes Rename_Anomaly - Renaming batch files in Livecode

[Mike Bonner]

Assuming the strangeness is reliable, this should solve the issue.

put replacetext(b,"[^a-zA-Z]\.",".") into b


On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> > >
>> > > more about sqb  <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar>
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