Forums Scripts & Popups line too long with /rename

Anyone know of a way to workaround the line length limit when using rename? Like, is there a dll I could use? Or is there a way to use short filenames or something?

-eMpTy

If the line is too long, you will have to shorten it. But I have trouble understanding how you could hit well over 900 characters with a filepath......

im assuming your using paths, which are making it to long a line (althought i didnt think 2 path/filenames could be that long) but anyway

try renaming the file to the "c:\temphold.fil"
then renaming "c:\temphold.fil" it to its destination name

PS: your not using $& in this line are you i discovered if you have alot of white spaces, in a line the line can fail becuase its too long.

Or use $shortfn() around the file names e.g. //rename $shortfn(c:\my long dir\my long file.gif) $shortfn(d:\my long destination\etc\file.gif)

if the lines to long already, that might (MIGHT) make it worse, having even more text on it, i guess it depends on order of translastion of the parts of the line.

Anything that makes the final product (i.e. file names) shorter would help.

or a combination, which allows for "long file name.ext"
//rename $shortfn(c:\my long dir\my long file.gif) $+(",$shortfn(d:\my long destination\etc\),long file name.gif,")

I like this last idea...I'll give it a go...thanks for the help all...

-eMpTy