Renaming Files

[MMBBRWD]

Hi,

  I am new to DOS programming and have another renaming question.  I realize that there are a lot of renaming posts out there, but I have not found one which addresses my issue.

  I basically need to rename all files in a folder by pre-pending them with the folder name, i.e. C:\Test\File.tif becomes C:\Test\Test-File.tif.

  I have come up with the following code and it comes close to working

for %%a in ("%CD%") DO SET CurrentFolder=%%~na

for %%B in (*.tif) do rename %%B %currentFolder%-%%B

Run against the following files I get the following results:

C:\CSCAN\FILE1.TIF  becomes C:\CSCAN\CSCAN-CSCAN-FILE1.TIF
C:\CSCAN\FILE2.TIF  becomes C:\CSCAN\CSCAN-FILE2.TIF
C:\CSCAN\FILE3.TIF  becomes C:\CSCAN\CSCAN-FILE3.TIF

Does anybody have an explanation for what is going on here?

Thanks in advance.

Bob

[gpl]

Somehow the first file has the directory added twice, I think that the first rename 'moves' the file so that it is picked up a second time.

I suggest you use your loop to output the directory list into a file then process the file, that will guarantee that it is not seen twice by the loop.

Graham

[MMBBRWD]

Took your advice and used a temporary file.  Worked like a charm.  Thanks for your help.

rwd

[sss0]

It's funny that I stumbled across this.

Just recently I have the exact same need. Could you post your solution?