"Lem" <lemp40********.com> wrote in message
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> IEric wrote:
>> I have a large batch file that copies pdf files from one network
>> directory to another. It works great! Now, I was wondering if it is
>> possible to create a batch file that copies the files and renames them?
>> (It would be really cool if I could use a wildcard some how that would
>> allow me to add the date on the end of the file name!) I did some
>> playing around with the "RENAME" command, but I could not get it to work
>> with spaces in the file name. I need to maintain the spaces in these
>> file names, so is there a way to make this work? As I alluded to above,
>> I would like to add the date to the end of the file name. If a wild card
>> can't be used, I will just get it setup manually once, open the file in
>> Excel and use the replace command. Thanks!
>>
>> Eric
>>
>
> If you don't want to write a batch file yourself, one of my favorite
> freeware applications, Irfanview, includes a batch rename facility. Among
> other things, you can include a param for the system date in the name
> pattern. There's even a command line syntax. It's quite a powerful tool,
> so you should experiment a bit with dummy files before you turn it loose
> on your entire directory of pdfs. http://www.irfanview.net/
>
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

I love using irfanview myself but I don't see pdf's in the list of valid
file types for irfanview. I tried the batch conversion/rename function of
irfanview but can't get it to see pdf's.