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Copy one file to another
Name: Lyle Jr. Date: December 14, 2000 at 13:43:21 Pacific
Comment:
Hey everyone,
Could anyone tell me how I can delete a file, use that file name and copy it to another?
This may be simple to alot of you, but this is the first time that I am writing batch scripts.
Name: DoOMsdAY Date: December 14, 2000 at 14:09:24 Pacific
Reply:
Hmmm...do you know the names of any of the files you are going to be dealing with at the start? Or is this more dynamic than that?
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Response Number 2
Name: ¤¤¥¤Ö Date: December 14, 2000 at 15:36:54 Pacific
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del filea ren fileb filea
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Response Number 3
Name: name Date: December 15, 2000 at 16:41:40 Pacific
Reply:
Or, if you want to "play is safe" in case you do something bad, copy the files you THINK you want to delete into a folder (directory) at least temporarily, and then, what he said above. "delete" the files you want to delete, the "rename" the files you want to those (or whatever) names you want
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