Re: add file extension to a filename

[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Thanks you guys

I had forgotten all about name cleaner, must be getting old!!!

just downloaded a demo and it and it works well :)

Thank you for your help.

roger


On Tue Jun  2 16:13 , 'Toby Oldham'  sent:

>
>Hey Roger, try:
>
>http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/
>
>I'm pretty I used this when I migrated out office from AFP+OS9 to
>Windows XP back in 2004...
>
>Cheers,
>Tobes.
>
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>Thanks Steve
>
>I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at
>the code and I am a little busy.  But I may look at it tomorrow and also
>Automator.
>
>thank you
>
>On Tue Jun  2 15:45 , Woods Steve sc...@mac.com> sent:
>
>>
>>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Neil
>>>
>>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on 
>>> new files :) It's just the thousands of old files we have that have 
>>> no extension, these files could be illustrator or Photoshop files and
>
>>> could be postscript file from either app but I need to identify what 
>>> app if was created in.
>>
>>Hi Roger, this might help:
>>
>>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically-
>>add-file.html
>
>> >
>>
>>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links 
>>to a few useful scripts and utilities.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>Steve.
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Re: add file extension to a filename

[Toby Oldham]

Hey Roger, try:

http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/

I'm pretty I used this when I migrated out office from AFP+OS9 to
Windows XP back in 2004...

Cheers,
Tobes.

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Thanks Steve

I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at
the code and I am a little busy.  But I may look at it tomorrow and also
Automator.

thank you

On Tue Jun  2 15:45 , Woods Steve  sent:

>
>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Thanks Neil
>>
>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on 
>> new files :) It's just the thousands of old files we have that have 
>> no extension, these files could be illustrator or Photoshop files and

>> could be postscript file from either app but I need to identify what 
>> app if was created in.
>
>Hi Roger, this might help:
>
>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically-
>add-file.html

> >
>
>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links 
>to a few useful scripts and utilities.
>
>HTH
>
>Steve.
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Re: add file extension to a filename

[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Thanks Steve

I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at the code
and I am a little busy.  But I may look at it tomorrow and also Automator.

thank you

On Tue Jun  2 15:45 , Woods Steve  sent:

>
>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Thanks Neil
>>
>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on  
>> new files :)
>> It's just the thousands of old files we have that have no extension,  
>> these files
>> could be illustrator or Photoshop files and could be postscript file  
>> from either
>> app but I need to identify what app if was created in.
>
>Hi Roger, this might help:
>
>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically-add-file.html

> >
>
>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links  
>to a few useful scripts and utilities.
>
>HTH
>
>Steve.
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Re: add file extension to a filename

[Woods Steve]

On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:


Thanks Neil

Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on  
new files :)
It's just the thousands of old files we have that have no extension,  
these files
could be illustrator or Photoshop files and could be postscript file  
from either

app but I need to identify what app if was created in.


Hi Roger, this might help:




Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links  
to a few useful scripts and utilities.


HTH

Steve.

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Re: add file extension to a filename

[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Thanks Neil

Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on new files :)
 It's just the thousands of old files we have that have no extension, these 
files
could be illustrator or Photoshop files and could be postscript file from either
app but I need to identify what app if was created in.

Roger


On Tue Jun  2 15:09 , Neil Houghton  sent:

>Hi Roger,
>
>In the finder get info window, under name and extension, you have the "Hide
>extension" checkbox - if you uncheck this the extension should reappear.
>
>Of course doing this on an individual file basis would be a pain!
>
>Two approaches come to mind (just ideas - I've never tried this)
>
>- See if you can find or create an automator script to do the finder thing
>on selected files.
>
>- I would guess that the extension visibility is something you could turn on
>or off in terminal - so I would think you could write a command to change
>the extension visibility on a directory basis.
>
>I would google it - someone is bound to have come up with this before.
>
>
>
>Good luck
>
>
>Cheers
>
>
>Neil
>-- 
>Neil R. Houghton
>Albany, Western Australia
>Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>Email: n...@possumology.com
>
>
>on 2/6/09 2:33 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> 
>> Does anyone have or know off a utility that will look at a file and then give
>> it
>> the correct extension?
>> 
>> We are moving away from our AFP file server and will be only using SMB
>> connections so of course loose the resource fork nd as we have many thousands
>> of
>> file without extensions this will cause our users some grief
>> 
>> best regards
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: add file extension to a filename

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Roger,

In the finder get info window, under name and extension, you have the "Hide
extension" checkbox - if you uncheck this the extension should reappear.

Of course doing this on an individual file basis would be a pain!

Two approaches come to mind (just ideas - I've never tried this)

- See if you can find or create an automator script to do the finder thing
on selected files.

- I would guess that the extension visibility is something you could turn on
or off in terminal - so I would think you could write a command to change
the extension visibility on a directory basis.

I would google it - someone is bound to have come up with this before.



Good luck


Cheers


Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com


on 2/6/09 2:33 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Does anyone have or know off a utility that will look at a file and then give
> it
> the correct extension?
> 
> We are moving away from our AFP file server and will be only using SMB
> connections so of course loose the resource fork nd as we have many thousands
> of
> file without extensions this will cause our users some grief
> 
> best regards
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> 
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