On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:00:58PM -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > There are several differences, though: patmv has logic to handle > recursive renames in an intelligent way and has options for > manipulating the whole path or the last component as an option. In my > opinion, it also handles file existence cases more robustly and > generates more useful output.
Your examples are persuasive that patmv has some advantages over Perl's rename. I wonder whether it might be worthwhile to see if patmv could replace rename in the perl package, though, since it appears to be intended for an identical purpose. I suppose on the other hand people might be more aware that the program exists at all by virtue of a separate package. (this is a little reminiscent of the recent debate over pdfmerge <http://shorl.com/gumiraladufru>). I might be willing to sponsor it; let me think about it a bit. -- Adam Kessel http://adam.rosi-kessel.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]