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batchfile copy+rename+overwrite?
Name: DanF1 Date: September 26, 2003 at 11:05:18 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: athl950/256
Comment:
Hello, I have very little dos batch knowledge, Im looking for a batch file (or info to help me create one) that will:
take a "random" .wav file from directory1 and rename it (with overwrite) as 'FileName.wav' into directory2. Is this possible without losing the files from directory1?
Name: Miskva Date: October 3, 2003 at 02:27:07 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, this should be possible. It depends what files are located in dir2 .. If dir1 is the source, and dir2 only some directory where you store copies of files in dir1 .. you cannot lose files that way ... ?
The hardest thing however, will be the "random" file selection .. It can be done, but that is not easy ..
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