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Hi,
I need to convert a bunch of folders with long names to 8.3
May be Luafar Search, Search and Replace, any help with this.. how?
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Mauro72 wrote: how?
You might use RESearch's “Rename files” with “[x] Evaluate as script”. Please read its docs (see @RegularReplaceScripting in [b][i]RESearchEng.hlf[/i][/b]) to learn how to get the existing names and return the new ones.
IMO, the main trick will be to ensure names' uniqueness.
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Mauro72 wrote: I need to convert a bunch of folders with long names to 8.3
Maybe win.GetFileInfo(FilePath).AlternateFileName can help?
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Just copy them using some DOS tools.
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Done with the excellent plugin Visual Renaming. Template N[1-8].
Too complicated with RESearch plugin :(
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