Copy to same folder and add today's Date as a suffix.

[Steadyhands]

I was wondering if this is the best way to do this? Could be a problem if you use Copy Here with Suffix Number on other files in the folder.

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// Copy to same folder and add today's Date as a suffix.
Focus("List");#164;
 selfilter "-01";
 rename "b", "*.?.<date yymmdd> /e";
 rename s, "-01/";

Edited to include Focus Command.

[serendipity]

I was wondering if this is the best way to do this? Could be a problem if you use Copy Here with Suffix Number on other files in the folder.

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// Copy to same folder and add today's Date as a suffix.
#164;
 selfilter "-01";
 rename "b", "*.?.<date yymmdd> /e";
 rename s, "-01/";

But #165 (Copy here with suffix date now) does the same.

[Steadyhands]

No, #165 adds the date before the file extension. I like to add the date after the file extension so the original programs do not recognise the file as being associated.

[serendipity]

No, #165 adds the date before the file extension. I like to add the date after the file extension so the original programs do not recognise the file as being associated.

Oh sorry, then you are right. But like you said you might have problems with selfilter "-01", I modified your code to this:

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  // Copy to same folder and add today's Date as a suffix.
    #164;
    setting HideFoldersInList;
    sortby c, d;
    sel 1;
    rename "b", "*.?.<date yymmdd> /e";
    rename s, "-01/";
    

[Steadyhands]

Time to dig up an old post of mine.

My original version is playing up for some reason. If I run it on a file for the first time. I get the error message
Nothing selected in the file list

If I cancel the error message and run it again it works.

It's like there now needs to be a pause before the selfiter command.

If I run the whole thing in step mode it works first time.


This is what I've been using

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// Copy to same folder and add todays Date as a suffix.
Focus("List");#164;
 selfilter "-01";
 rename "b", "*.?.<date yymmdd> /e";
 rename s, "-01/";

[admin]

Which version are you using?

[Steadyhands]

oops forgot that bit.

9.90.0704

[Stefan]

I like to add the date after the file extension
so the original programs do not recognise the file as being associated.

This is what I've been using

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// Copy to same folder and add todays Date as a suffix.
Focus("List");
  #164; //copy here with increment
  selfilter "-01";
  rename "b", "*.?.<date yymmdd> /e";
  rename s, "-01/";

BTW, I don't know about 2008 but today one can use copyas:

copyas
Creates copies named [original name]_backup_20100117.[original extension] if today is 17-Jan-2010:

copyas "*_backup_<date yyyymmdd>.?";

For example for "Steadyhands":

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// Copy to same folder and add todays Date as a suffix.
// *             = basename
// .             = dot
// ?             = extension
// .             = dot
// <date yymmdd> = 110429

  copyas "*.?.<date yymmdd>";

[Steadyhands]

Thanks Stefan, that is a much better solution.

[admin]

Just FYI, your script probably failed because a backgrounded file operation was not finished yet. To make it work you to turn off backgrounding temporarily like this:

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Focus("List");
  Setting "BackgroundFileOps", 0;
  #164; //copy here with increment
  selfilter "-01";
  rename "b", "*.?.<date yymmdd> /e";
  rename s, "-01/";

[Steadyhands]

Thanks