Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:42:02 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: My challenge copying files
>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Does the MP3 player support long filenames? Yup� no problem there. >If so, just surround the filenames with quotes as in have each line in your >batch file read: > >copy "d:\mp3\blah album\somethingorother.mp3" "e:\blah >album-somethingorother.mp3" Oh M'Gosh... You learn something old every day! I've been typing xxxxxx~1.xxx for so long now that I've subconsciously conditioned myself into thinking that was the only way to enter file names at the Win-DOS prompt. And I never imagined it�d be possible to use quotes at the command prompt! Guess it�s obvious I don�t work with computers in a professional environment, huh? >I find Microsoft Excel actually does a pretty good job at changing lists >from something to something else ... Hmm�. No Excel around here to my knowledge. Does it do this as a part of the normal operation? Or do you have to write macros. At this point, I could use Word to record a macro to do the job. I started that the other day, but quit halfway through when I incorrectly �realized� that a batch file in DOS wouldn�t be able to deal with long file names. VI/VIM/GVIM also do a pretty decent job ... Heh... That�s what I want to do. Boot up Mandrake, and spend the next day or two memorizing commands! :-0 I�ll pass on that one, though it�s always neat to tell people I�ve created something with Linux� like all the people on the MP3 ENCODER list who write code for running Lame in Linux. If I had a copy of Visual Basic, it'd be fun to write a little app that would automate the whole process. Womder if there's something free out there I could play with. Thanks Raymond! Off to MS-Wordlandia... One of Neil's favorite resorts. ;-P Matt _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
