Tool for fixing invalid file names?

Godai · Post by **Godai** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:08 pm

I have some stuff I need to backup on DVD but many names have ? in them due to conversion from Mac.

Anyone know of a tool that can scan multiple directorys and fix the names?

Thanks in advance

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:02 pm

program it yourself...

is the "?" a translation problem, or a real part of the filename?

Godai · Post by **Godai** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:19 am

Yeah, I'm probably going to do that. The ? is a translation problem when mounting an NTFS drive on mac, files using local characters gets converted into wierd characters such as ?

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:55 am

You are doing this from Windows? What about "Bulk Rename Utility"?
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:46 am

> a translation problem when mounting an NTFS drive on mac, files using local characters gets converted into wierd characters such as ?
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is there any possibility on the MAC to change it, some preferences/options for mounting NTFS...

on the other hand:
if the "?" makes problems when renaming, because it's a wildcard...
could you perhaps rename all the files before mounting the drive on MAC?
if it is NTFS it should come from a MS-machine,
so why not let a rename-tool run in advance and kill all local chars?

Godai · Post by **Godai** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:14 am

Thank you all. Made a quick PB app to do it.
The files where old backups so there was no way to convert them to their original characters

NTFS support has gotten better in recent versions of OS X