Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-24 Thread James Crate via 4D_Tech
On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:40 PM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> wrote: > >>> $command_t:="mv "+GetPOSIXfilePath ($folderPath_t)+" >> had trouble here - >> apparently 4D's (v13) Convert path system to

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-23 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
follow up on this: Code : //utl_file_Convert_to_Posix // $1 - text - Path to convert //original : //JorgeChB 2012-05-30 pathToUnix //JorgeChB 2015-02-05 //Converts a Mac file path to a Posix form //RETURNS - text - converted path // • Created 3/24/15 by Chip -

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
if you don't mind using a plugin, perhaps as a stop gap measure: https://github.com/miyako/4d-plugin-rename ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html

RE: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Stephen J. Orth via 4D_Tech
To: '4D iNug Technical' <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>; timnev...@mac.com Cc: Stephen J. Orth <s.o...@the-aquila-group.com> Subject: RE: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code. If you only work on Windows (like me) you can take advantage of a Windows DOS command by creating a batch file with t

RE: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Stephen J. Orth via 4D_Tech
day, October 20, 2017 6:03 PM To: timnev...@mac.com Cc: Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org>; 4d_tech@lists.4d.com Subject: Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code. Ill post mine on Monday. I got it from Jorge I think > On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Chip Scheide <4d_o.

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
Ill post mine on Monday. I got it from Jorge I think > On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> wrote: > >>> $command_t:="mv "+GetPOSIXfilePath ($folderPath_t)+" >> had trouble here - >> apparently 4D's (v13) Convert path system to POSIX command - fails to >> do

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech
On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> wrote: >> $command_t:="mv "+GetPOSIXfilePath ($folderPath_t)+" > had trouble here - > apparently 4D's (v13) Convert path system to POSIX command - fails to > do what it is advertised to do. > Fortunately I had a routine

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
Tim, first - it works (OSX) even renaming a folder to the same name but case changed. i.e. My_Folder -> MY_FOLDER THANKS! the below line of code - On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:21:24 -0400, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech wrote: >> $command_t:="mv "+GetPOSIXfilePath ($folderPath_t)+" had trouble here -

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
Thanks Tim, I wrote code to use MOVE DOCUMENT and CREATE FOLDER to do this. It works, it is (on my tests, NOT very deep folder structures) quick. So - Folder_Rename(Old_Folder_Path;New_Folder_Name) works, no problem. Then I tried to change the case, rather then rename on a folder and hit a

Re: v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech
On Oct 20, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Chip Scheide wrote: > I want to rename a directory, from say New Folder -> New Folder too > Move Document complains, as neither the source nor the destination are > documents. > > is there another means to rename a folder other than: > > - Create new folder with

v13 - Renaming a Directory via code.

2017-10-20 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
I want to rename a directory, from say New Folder -> New Folder too Move Document complains, as neither the source nor the destination are documents. is there another means to rename a folder other than: - Create new folder with new/changed name - copy all contents from source folder to