On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 02:08, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 18:15, Yves Goergen wrote: [snip] > As much as I hate to admit that MS can do some things right, their 'ren' > command (rename, instead of doing a mv from name to name like we do) is > actually quite intelligent. Not quite to the point of regexps, but you > can do things like ren *.txt *.doc or whatnot and it will actually work.
That's because their FSs have the concept of file-name and file extension, a.k.a. "type". Thus, it's trivial to take a set of files and only change the extension. And, no, MS *still* can't do anything right, since the filename/ filetype split is at least as old as the '70s. CP/M had it, as well as various DEC OSs (which were the inspiration for CP/M). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Spit in one hand, and wish for peace in the other. Guess which is more effective... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
