Re: Rename DOS File

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:53:48 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Phred) wrote:

>In article <4728CDB0.626E05E0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Herbert Kleebauer
<klee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>brettmanning24@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>>> > > Directory 1 contains:
>>> >
>>> > > DEAL1.ITF
>>> > > BRETT.TXT
>>> > > DEAL1.LOG
>>> >
>>> > > Is it possible to rename DEAL1.LOG to BRETT.LOG (the same name of
the
>>> > > TXT file).  The TXT file will be a different name each time,
therefore
>>> > > it needs to be some kind of variable rename i.e. always rename
>>> > > the .LOG file to that of the .TXT filename.
>>> >
>>> > for %%i in (*.txt) do set n=%%~ni
>>> > ren *.log %n%.log
>>
>>And this only works in W2k/XP not in DOS6/Win9x.
>
>Is that just because the wildcard doesn't work in the for ... do?

The %%~ni construct does not work in DOS6/Win9x

What OS do you need it to work on?
Are long filenames a possibility or not?