Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2008-08-22 Thread cygwin
Sam Kuper wrote: > 1) Was the rename utility removed from cygutils at some point between > version 1.2.6-1 and 1.3.2-1, or is my version of cygutils somehow > corrupt? > 2) If it was removed, why, and is there some other way I can obtain > the rename utility under cygwin? (NB. please don't just sug

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2008-08-22 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/8/22 Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian Dessent wrote: > >> Everything is in the announcements. It was moved out of cygutils in >> 1.3.0 and into util-linux: > > And, additionally, next time try: > > $ cygcheck -p rename.exe > Found 3 matches for rename.exe. > util-linux/util-linux-2.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2008-08-22 Thread Brian Dessent
Brian Dessent wrote: > Everything is in the announcements. It was moved out of cygutils in > 1.3.0 and into util-linux: And, additionally, next time try: $ cygcheck -p rename.exe Found 3 matches for rename.exe. util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2 Random collection of Linux utilities util-linux/util

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2008-08-22 Thread Brian Dessent
Sam Kuper wrote: > 1) Was the rename utility removed from cygutils at some point between > version 1.2.6-1 and 1.3.2-1, or is my version of cygutils somehow > corrupt? > 2) If it was removed, why, and is there some other way I can obtain > the rename utility under cygwin? (NB. please don't just su

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2008-08-22 Thread Sam Kuper
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2008-08-22 Thread Sam Kuper
Charles Wilson wrote: >The cygutils package has been updated to 1.2.7. This adds a 'rename' >utility ... > >Changes from version 1.2.6-1 >- rename.exe added (contributed by Christopher Faylor) >... Dear all, I've started using cygwin relatively recently, and I have cygutils 1.3.2-1 installed. Thi

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Christopher Faylor writes: > So, it is no surprise that the rename from util-linux is available un > FC*, RH7.2, RH9, Gentoo, SuSE, (AFAICT) Mandrake, and (AFAICT) > Slackware. Thanks for the information. I filed a bug-report with Debian's perl package. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Jim Drash
> rename comes from the util-linux package. > > cgf > cgf you are right. I just checked a couple of my Linux boxes and there is a rename in /usr/bin/ I suspect that most old-time UNIX weenies (myself included) have never used it. I always used "mv". WOW, "learn something new everyday" :-P -

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 08:21:01PM +0200, Markus Sch?nhaber wrote: >Am Donnerstag, 14. April 2005 20:13 schrieb Jan Nieuwenhuizen: >>Christopher Faylor writes: >>>Yeah, one of the rpms that I am working on building for my real job >>>(tm) actually used rename on linux. It was news to me that this

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 08:13:33PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >Christopher Faylor writes: >>Yeah, one of the rpms that I am working on building for my real job >>(tm) actually used rename on linux. It was news to me that this >>program even existed. I usually write some kind of for loop to d

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Andrew Schulman
>$ head -1 /usr/bin/rename >#!/usr/bin/perl -w Yes, Debian includes a perl script /usr/bin/rename, which seems more powerful than Cygwin rename: NAME rename - renames multiple files SYNOPSIS rename [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ] perlexpr [ files ] DESCRIPTION "rename" rename

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Am Donnerstag, 14. April 2005 20:13 schrieb Jan Nieuwenhuizen: > Christopher Faylor writes: > > Yeah, one of the rpms that I am working on building for my real job (tm) > > actually used rename on linux. It was news to me that this program even > > existed. I usually write some kind of for loop t

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Christopher Faylor writes: > Yeah, one of the rpms that I am working on building for my real job (tm) > actually used rename on linux. It was news to me that this program even > existed. I usually write some kind of for loop to do this. Maybe that's because I am not sure at all it does exist on

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:29:53PM +0100, zzapper wrote: >On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:00:50 +0200 (CEST), wrote: >>The cygutils package has been updated to 1.2.7. This adds a 'rename' >>utility, and fixes some issues with cygstart. >> >>o Changes from version 1.2.6-1 - rename.exe added (contributed by

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread zzapper
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:00:50 +0200 (CEST), wrote: >The cygutils package has been updated to 1.2.7. This adds a 'rename' >utility, and fixes some issues with cygstart. > >o Changes from version 1.2.6-1 >- rename.exe added (contributed by Christopher Faylor) Rename seems rather cute eg >