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Section C:
Utility Programs
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$RENAME
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Then, you enter the command
RENAME *.DAT ???????X.DAT
which would normally produce the following filenames:
LONGlllX.DAT
SHORT
X.DAT
LONG222X.DAT
You
will
immediately see that the second name "SHORT
X.DAT"
is
not
valid,
because it contains space characters. Therefore, the files would
be renamed as:
LONGlllX.DAT
SHORT.DAT
LONG222X.DAT
The "X" in the second filename is simply ingnored.
Whenever
you are using ambiguous filenames,
you should observe that no
two files of the same name would be generated;
otherwise,
$RENAME will
refuse to rename the second file.
Example:
RENAME *.COM *.CIM
3 files found. Rename? (Y/N) y
A:$DIR
.COM ( 11
KB)
renamed into $DIR
.CIM
A:
$SET
• COM (
8 KB)
r/o not renamed
A:$ERASE
.COM (
8
KB)
renamed into $ERASE
.CIM
For
safety,
in
the case of several files found,
$RENAME asks
before
renaming
a
particular file whether you want it
like
that.
The
file
"$SET.COM
11
could not be renamed,
because it has been write protected by
means
of
=>
$SET.
However,
activating an option would have
it
made
possible to rename it, too. This leads us to the options of $RENAME.
C.l6.1. SYSTEM - Rename System Files only
Usually,
$RENAME will affect visible files only.
Files which have been
attached a SYSTEM attribute by means of
=>
$SET are not renamed.
Neve£-
theless,
activating
the "+SYSTEM" option will allow you to access
all
such files.
C.l6.2. ALL - Rename all Files within a User Area.
Use the op.tion "+ALL" to rename both normal and SYSTEM files.
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