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Old 08-29-2008   #1 (permalink)
Gavin


 
 

Help with script

Hello,

I need help with a script, what I would like it to do is scan though a share
look for a particular file, copy the file and rename it to the name of the
computer that it was on... for example the file is acb123.txt ... search for
that file and then once it is found rename it to computer1acb123.txt... any
help would be appreaciated.

Thanks
Gavin...


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Old 08-30-2008   #2 (permalink)
Al Dunbar


 
 

Re: Help with script


"Gavin" <gavin.rossnospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hello,
>
> I need help with a script, what I would like it to do is scan though a
> share
> look for a particular file, copy the file and rename it to the name of the
> computer that it was on... for example the file is acb123.txt ... search
> for
> that file and then once it is found rename it to computer1acb123.txt...
> any
> help would be appreaciated.
What have you got so far, and where are you having difficulty?

Perhaps one of your difficulties is in the statement of the problem

"scan through a share looking for a particular file" - likely means to
search through all folders for a particular file. But what is particular
about it? Are all of the filenames guaranteed somehow to be unique?

"copy the file" - copy it where, to some other location, or just to the
clipboard?

"rename it to the name of the computer that it was on" - means to rename the
original file or the copy, which presumably may now be located elsewhere? If
you copy a file and then rename it, it might be simpler to copy it under a
new name.

/Al


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