Jerry wrote:
> "Lem" <lemp40********.com> wrote in message
> news:ODoFbBgBIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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.
>
>

On the "batch conversion" screen, under the drop-down box for "Look in"
(which specifies the directory to look in), and under the window in
which the files in that directory will be displayed, there is another
drop-down box for "Files of type". The SECOND entry in the drop-down
list is "All files (*.*)" Select that and you'll see the pdf files.

Because Irfanview is, after all, primarily a graphics file viewer, there
is no entry for pdf files per se, but if you have a directory that's
full of pdf files with few if any other types of files, this shouldn't
be a problem.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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