Re: Need Suggestions For appending Date to Filename
Re: Need Suggestions For appending Date to Filename
- Subject: Re: Need Suggestions For appending Date to Filename
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 11:43:36 -0400
On 5/5/05,
Jack Stewart <
email@hidden> wrote:
For
many tears I used a file naming protocol which includes suffixing
filenames which I create with the current date. I use the format
"/YYMMDD" for the date. (Yes, I am aware of the the potential Unix
conflict using the "/" character).
Well, you can't have a filename that shows up with a / in the
underlying UNIX filesystem, or with a : in Finder, but the OS handles
this by swapping them: when a file has : in its UNIX name, it
shows up as a / in Finder, and vice versa.
I
have been trying to think of a real simple way to create a keyboard
shortcut which I could use to append this date string to any filename
which I happen to be typing. I'm not having any great ideas. I think
that calling Applescript is probably too slow but maybe I have the
blinders on.
Just a thought, but you could run an AppleScript to place the current
date into the clipboard - then it's just a command-V away. This
will do the trick - using the UNIX date command may be overkill, but
using its formatting capabilities is a lot easier than putting
together the date string with AppleScript's built in stuff.
set the clipboard to (do shell script "date +/%y%m%d")
That's your old format - I would personally use a four-digit year
format so that things from 2005 sort after things from 1999, but it's
your call. To get a four-digit year, use %Y instead of %y above.
There are utilities that let you map keys to arbitrary programs,
but I don't think it's a default feature of the OS.
Thanks in advance for your ideas -- JAck
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Jack Stewart Mrs Stewarts Piano Lessons
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<http://www.stewartpiano.com>
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