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Re: Changing File Names


  • Subject: Re: Changing File Names
  • From: Jay Louvion <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:29:32 +0200
  • Thread-topic: Changing File Names

On 1.6.2006 5:48, entity "Jeff Grossman" <email@hidden> spake thus:

> I am moving our AppleshareIP File Server over to a Windows Server.  A lot of
> my users files have certain characters (i.e. "/" and "\") in the file name
> which are not valid on a windows machine.  Would I be able to write an
> applescript that would go through each file on the file server and change
> any of those characters to different ones?  If so, can somebody give me a
> hand?  I am not great with applescript.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
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Take a look at the script provided with every Mac machine:
/Library/Scripts/Finder Scripts/Replace Text in Item Names.scpt
The "Library" I'm referring to is not your user folder's one, it's startup
drive deep, next to your app folder.

HTH,

j.

Jay Louvion
Studio Casagrande
3, rue Müller-Brun
1208 Geneva

T+4122 840 3272
F+4122 840 3271

skypeme:
jaylouvion

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