If you want to rename files on your own hard drive try these.
http://theMezz.com/software/downloads/apps/ReNameIt95.zip
http://theMezz.com/software/downloads/apps/renameit.zip
On 12/27/2000 at 9:23 AM Jay Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>RENAME [drive:][path]filename1 filename2.
>REN [drive:][path]filename1 filename2.
>
>use ren with wildcards * like this
>ren abc*143.mp? newname.mp3
>
>Where 143 is unique to that file in that directory.
>
>or you could use xcopy and then delete the file with the long name also
>using "*". I have seen a lot of people have problems with filenames
>longer than 15 characters.
>
>The filename rules are
>A filename can contain up to 255 characters, including spaces. But, it
>cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > |
>
>However, I see no reason to name a file with more than 15 characters and
>do not know why people do this.
>
>
>/jay
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