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Renaming a directory
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08/04/2000 16:26:44
 
 
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08/04/2000 01:17:16
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00357178
Message ID:
00357270
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>Hi Jill
>
>You can enclose long file names with spaces with ""....For example (COmmand Window) cd\ c:\"Program Files"
>
Nitpick alertCD "C:\Program Files"
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>>I'm writing a program to convert file and directory names from DOS and WP 5.1 and am having trouble figuring out how to rename a directory in VFP...I need to rename a directory like c:\client\0016 to something like "Sablan vs. Smith"
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>>Can this be done in VFP/a batch file/Windows? I've looked at using !RENAME...but the spaces cause problems (also tried the "_" character). The new filename gets truncated at the space.
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>>It seems the RENAME command in VFP won't work on a directory.
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>>Help/input is appreciated. Thanks. J
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