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Tool for fixing invalid file names?
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:08 pm
by Godai
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
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:02 pm
by Kaeru Gaman
program it yourself...
is the "?" a translation problem, or a real part of the filename?
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:19 am
by Godai
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 ?
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:55 am
by techjunkie
You are doing this from Windows? What about "Bulk Rename Utility"?
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:46 am
by Kaeru Gaman
> 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?
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:14 am
by Godai
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