Rename Variable File Name

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jon
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Rename Variable File Name

Post by jon » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:59 pm

I'm trying to rename a file that is saved to a directory every 5 minutes. The file name, for example is: 3823j66.jpg.

I tried doing a:
MoveFile>C:\Outgoing\*.jpg,C:\Outgoing\myfilename.jpg

But no luck.

Any suggestions, examples?

Thanks,
Jon

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Post by JRL » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:26 pm

Try putting Let>MF_RENAME=1 ahead of the MoveFile> line. Also you will need to use the name of the file being renamed rather than a wildcard.

Hope this helps,
Dick

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Post by Me_again » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:39 pm

The problem is that the source filename changes, so he's going to have to first find the name of the most recent file, and then use that in the rename. There are some examples on the forum for that.

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Post by jon » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:16 pm

I've tried searching the forum, but can't find what I'm looking for yet...

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