to rename a directory you use the "MOVE" command
Move
Moves one or more files from one directory to the specified directory.
Syntax
move [{/y|/-y}] [Source] [target]
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Parameters
/y : Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing
destination file.
/-y : Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing
destination file.
Source : Specifies the path and name of the file or files to move. If you
want to move or rename a directory, Source should be the current directory path
and name.
target : Specifies the path and name to move files to. If you want to move
or rename a directory, target should be the desired directory path and name.
/? : Displays help at the command prompt.
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Remarks
* Using the /y command-line option
The /y command-line option might be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
You can override this with /-y on the command line. The default is to prompt on
overwrites unless the copy command is being executed from within a batch script.
* Moving encrypted files
Moving encrypted files to a volume that does not support
Encrypting File System (EFS) results in an error. Decrypt the files
first or move the files to a volume that does support EFS.
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Examples
To move all files with the .xls extension from the \Data directory to the
\Second_Q\Reports directory, type the following:
move \data\*.xls \second_q\reports\
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Format
Meaning
Italic Information that the user must supply
Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown
Ellipsis (...) Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line
Between brackets ([]) Optional items
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} Set of
choices from which the user must choose only one
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Rename (ren)
Changes the name of a file or a set of files.
Syntax
rename [Drive:][Path] filename1 filename2
ren [Drive:][Path] filename1 filename2
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Parameters
[ Drive : ][ Path ] filename1 : Specifies the location and name of the
file or set of files you want to rename.
filename2 : Specifies the new name for the file. If you use wildcards (* and
?), filename2 specifies the new names for the files. You cannot specify a new
drive or path when renaming files.
/? : Displays help at the command prompt.
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Remarks
* Renaming files
You can rename all files matching the specified file name. You cannot use the
rename command to rename files across drives or to move files to a different
directory location.
* Using wildcards with rename
You can use wildcards (* and ?) in either file name parameter. If you use
wildcards in filename2, the characters represented by the wildcards will be
identical to the corresponding characters in filename1.
* Rename will not work if filename2 already exists
If, for filename2, you specify a file name that already exists, rename displays
the following message:
Duplicate file name or file not found
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Examples
Suppose you want to change the extensions of all the file
names in the current directory that have the extension .txt; for
example, you want to change the .txt extensions to .doc extensions. To
make this change, type:
ren *.txt *.doc
To rename a file or directory named Chap10 to Part10, type:
ren chap10 part10
Jim Bentley
American Celiac Society
[email protected]
tel: 1-504-737-3293
>________________________________
>From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:20 PM
>Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Rename command
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>
>Dick: Are you renaming a directory, not a file? Your email said a file.
>I don't think you can rename a directory that way...
>
>Karen
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>
>In a message dated 9/22/2011 3:43:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
>[email protected] writes:
>
>I have a backup program on the server that copies the DB overnight to the
>other server. But it will only write to one folder.
>>Thought I could manipulate the folder names from our morning startup file to
>>keep a 5 day running backup.
>>Looks like I will have to resort to Plan B...... once I figure out what the
>>heck that might be.
>>
>>Dick Fey
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