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Number   :  9130
Date     :  2004-11-03
Author   :  jeremyrector66
Subject  :  Re: File rename revisited
Size(KB) :  3



--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Garry Deane"  wrote:
> 
> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "jeremyrector66" 
 
> wrote:
> > 
> > I am using XXCopy for backup (big surprise). I take a daily
> > full /backup and hourly incrementals (based on file time/date).
> > I am finding that putting the hourly backups into /$HH$00
> > folders is becoming a little bit unwieldy. I know that XXCopy
> > does not do file renaming itself. I want to append
> > "-/$YYMMDD$/$HH$00" to all files in a given directory tree
> > and flatten the first directory layer (currently "/$HH$00").
> > I have seen several scripts for renaming files (notably from
> > Garry Deane), but sadly making sense of the regular 
> > expressions used in these scripts is currently beyond me. :(
> > 
> > I need something that I can give a directory name as an
> > argument that will append "/$YYMMDD$/$HH$00-" to all files
> > found under that directory tree and flatten the first layer
> > (currently in the format 1100, 1200, 1300, etc) of directory.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I'm sure that using either a batch file and/or the /SL switch
> will be able to do what you want. However I can't quite
> figure out what you're after.
> 
> 1. Are you talking about converting your existing backup
> directories to the new system or changing the way your
> backups work so that they follow the new system?
> 
> 2. Can you give some examples of the existing directory
> structure and what you want these to be after the batch
> file runs e.g. does your source directory look like the
> following?
> 
> \src\041103\file1.txt
> \src\041103\dir1\file2.txt
> \src\041103\0900\file1.txt
> \src\041103\0900\dir1\file2.txt
> \src\041103\1000\file1.txt
> \src\041103\1000\dir1\file2.txt
> 
> And you want then to become:
> 
> \src\041103\file1.txt
> \src\041103\dir1\file2.txt
> \src\041103\0900-file1.txt
> \src\041103\dir1\0900-file2.txt
> \src\041103\1000-file1.txt
> \src\041103\dir1\1000-file2.txt
> 
> Garry

Thanks for your response Garry. I have seen some of your other 
scripts for renaming files, but I know way too little about the sort 
of regular expression that you used. I plan on making this a learning 
experience.

1. I am actually looking to do both. All of my current backups use 
this scheme. Moving forward, I can do this to them. As time allows I 
can uncompress and convert my archives as well.

2. 

Very close. My source looks like this.

\src\041103\0900\dir1\file1.txt
\src\041103\0900\dir1\file2.txt
\src\041103\1000\dir1\file1.txt
\src\041103\1000\dir1\file2.txt
\src\041103\1000\dir1\subdir1\file1.txt

and I want it to look like this

\src\dir1\file1-041103-0900.txt
\src\dir1\file2-041103-0900.txt
\src\dir1\file1-041103-1000.txt
\src\dir1\file2-041103-1000.txt
\src\dir1\subdir1\file1-041103-1000.txt

This lets me use a single directory tree instead of multiples for 
dates and times. File versions sort out by date/time and I can see at 
a glance how many revisions there are, and recover the correct one 
without having to search through a separate tree for each day and 
seperate sub-tree's for every hour.

My current system seemed like a good idea at the time.



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