> How do I rename one of the files so I can treat them separately
Any disk editor will do, try WDe:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/disk/wde
pick your volume, [F3] goto [F6] root ... find affected file (you can
go into subdirectories too) ... patch the name (you can
You might have sorted out your issue already, but if not, then if I were
you I'd use a disk editor (I remember having used Norton's DiskEdit in
the distant past for similar needs), and change the name of one of the
files with it.
Note: Two files with the same name are totally possible. In fact,
Forgive me if this idea seems simple. I am not aware of the format foxpro
creates.
However, do you have wordperfect on your system?
if so, you can simply run wp, change to the directory listing, choose
the one you wish to rename, and change the name.
I hope this proves a positive solution,
K
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 4:45 PM, John R. Sowden
wrote:
> I somehow got 2 files in the same directory with the same name. This
> happened in a foxpro/dos program that I have been using for more than a
> decade. How do I rename one of the files so I can treat them
> separately. The are not identica
may be you have long file names or lower-uppercase differences.
El 09/02/2015 a las 05:03 p.m., Bob Devries escribió:
> Wouldn't the rename command just rename the first one it finds?
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
>
> On 10/02/2015 7:45 AM, John R. Sowden wrote:
>> I somehow g
Wouldn't the rename command just rename the first one it finds?
Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia
On 10/02/2015 7:45 AM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> I somehow got 2 files in the same directory with the same name. This
> happened in a foxpro/dos program that I have been using for more than a
I somehow got 2 files in the same directory with the same name. This
happened in a foxpro/dos program that I have been using for more than a
decade. How do I rename one of the files so I can treat them
separately. The are not identical. One is a few days newe thatn the
other, as this databas
