The problem is in coding: Windows coding: not works Copy "1094_CommuniquÚ de presse Úmission Tier 1 mai 2004 Agence Franšaise de DÚveloppement en franšais(v1).DOC" ..\renamed\6000372.DOC MS-DOS coding: it works Copy "1094_Communiqué de presse émission Tier 1 mai 2004 Agence Française de Développement en français(v1).DOC" ..\renamed\6000372.DOC
You can re-code your batch file in e.g. MS Word. On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last part of a job I am doing is to rename over 8000 files based on > their key value in a data migration exercise... > > All seemed easy as I had both peices of info and therefore created a batch > file to do the renaming for me......or so I thought. > > It seems that accented characters cause the batch file to basically fail. > > here is a small part of my batch file: > > Copy "1093_USASECasset-backMay04.pdf" ..\renamed\6000371.pdf > Copy "1094_Communiqué de presse émission Tier 1 mai 2004 Agence > Française de Développement en français(v1).DOC" ..\renamed\6000372.DOC > Copy "1095_Communiqué de presse livre FEP -Corporate Governance avril > 2004(v5).DOC" ..\renamed\6000373.DOC > Copy "10lux21nov05.pdf" ..\renamed\1000580.pdf > Copy "1100_Communiqué de presse nomination nouveaux counsel mai > 2004(v1).DOC" ..\renamed\6000375.DOC > Copy "1101_Communiqué de presse Arrivée de Corinne Perdrix en français > - mai 2004(v3).DOC" ..\renamed\6000376.DOC > Copy "1102_Communiqué de presse pour le Real Estate Standard Life > Gecina 1er juin 2004 portefeuille immobilier(v5).DOC" > ..\renamed\6000377.DOC > Copy "1103_communiqué de presse cession AvantSeine fait avec Gide - > juin 2004(v2).DOC" ..\renamed\6000378.DOC > > > The first command will complete fine, the rest all say "File not found". > Now here is the real odd bit.......If I run the following from cmd prompt it > completes successfully: > > Copy "1095_Communiqué de presse livre FEP -Corporate Governance avril > 2004(v5).DOC" ..\renamed\6000373.DOC > > Why will it work when run from cmd prompt but not from a batch file that > has been called from the cmd prompt? > > Regards, > > Jason Tozer > Database Analyst > London > Ext 1131 - 3SC.5 > This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or > otherwise protected from disclosure. > If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the > sender and delete this message and any > attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you > must not copy this message or attachment > or disclose the contents to any other person. > Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford > Chance, as permitted by applicable > law and regulations. > > For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at > http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer > to any Clifford Chance office. > > Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in > England & Wales under number OC323571. > The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 > Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. > For further details, including a list of members and their professional > qualifications, see our website > at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a > member of Clifford Chance LLP or > an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The > firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. > The Authority's rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: > http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page > > >
