Date:  Sun, 07 Jul 2002 08:19:05 -0400
From:  madodelatptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: Sequential Utilities

From: "Don Hawkinson" <dwhawkatintcon.net> 


I have made a set of sequential copy and rename utilities available for
download from my web page at:

http://www.cottagesoft.com/~dwhawk/other.html

SEQREN.EXE      a sequential rename utility
SEQCPY.EXE      a sequential copy and rename utility
RENMV.EXE       a combination rename & move utility

These three programs can be used to automate the backup of
critical files at boot time or before starting a task that
would destroy or modify critical files.  They are not intended to replace
a system backup to tape or other removable media.


SEQREN  gets the rename parameters from a file and applies them to file
names received from a pipe, redirection, or to a single file specified on
the command line. The utility will check the destination file name for a
conflict with an existing file and increment the sequence number until
there is not a conflict.  Since the utility renames the source file, the
source and destination must be on the same drive, but they may be in
different directories.

The resulting actions are logged in the file RESULTS.LOG in
a format that makes it easy to restore the original file.

Along with the sequential rename utility, there is also a combination
rename and move utility. It is like the OS/2 REN utility in that it does
not work between drives.  But unlike REN , the source and destination
files may be in different directories.

SEQCPY  gets the rename parameters from a file and applies them to file
names received from a pipe, redirection, or to a single file specified on
the command line. The utility will check the destination file name for a
conflict with an existing file and increment the sequence number until
there is not a conflict.  The souce and destination may be on different
drives.

The resulting actions are logged in the file RESULTS.LOG in
a format that makes it easy to restore the original file.

The parameter file HOW.TO has 4 lines
1: basename
2: extent
3: starting sequence number
4: OK   - without this line the utility operates in test mode
        and only writes to the log file RESULTS.LOG


Usage example:

The working name of the utility is seqren.exe. The curent directory is
m:\pipe_rename

The contents of the parmeters file HOW.TO is:
source
.c
99
OK

files to be renamed located in the root of drive M:

M:\c.cc
M:\C_DEL.cc
M:\seqren.cc
M:\pipeout.cc

The command:

dir /F m:\*.cc |seqren

Files now located in the m:\pipe_rename directory

M:\pipe_rename\source099.c
M:\pipe_rename\source100.c
M:\pipe_rename\source101.c
M:\pipe_rename\source102.c

Contents of the file RESULTS.LOG

renmv source099.c M:\c.cc
renmv source100.c M:\C_DEL.cc
renmv source101.c M:\seqren.cc
renmv source102.c M:\pipeout.cc

The log file contains the commands to undo the action.
 
The utility renmv.exe does a rename or combination move & rename. Edit
RESULTS.LOG and paste the appropriate lines to a CMD file and execute it. 


In addition to the sequential rename utility, I have created a  sequential
copy utility (seqcpy.exe).  It gets the copy parameters from a file and
applies them to file names received from a pipe or redirection. The
utility will check the destination file name for a conflict with an
existing file and increment the sequence number until there is not a
conflict.

The resulting actions are logged in the file RESULTS.LOG in
a format that makes it easy to restore the original file.

It works very much like the seqren utility, except that the original
source file still exists after it has been copied.

Note: These programs do not accept wild cards and only renmv.exe will
accept source and destination file names from the command line.

NOTE: I have tested these programs on my pc under Warp 3 and they worked
as expected.  However, I suggest that you create a couple of test
directories and copy some files into one of them for testing. That way you
can verify that the programs work as expected on your pc.


Don Hawkinson , author of CCA, DH-Grep-PM,
PMStripper, Pastry Box, and DH_ClipSave/2
http://www.cottagesoft.com/~dwhawk
dwhawkatintcon.net

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