inconsistency in separating file name / extension

[StatusQuo]

Inspired (again) by a german thread:
TC is inconsistent in deciding where a file name ends and its extension begins.
Example:

• You have a file "Track01.mp3"
• Use Shift-F6 to rename it, enter "EtudeNr.1.*"

Result I would expect: "EtudeNr.1.mp3"
Result I get: "EtudeNr.1.3"

As stated here "there's no logical way to do it".

OK - so while applying the file mask for renaming (or copying), the first dot has separated the extension (what I consider confusing - however...).
But if you now use Shift+F6, Shift+F6 to select only the name part of the result, the last dot is used to separate the extension (like I would have expected already while copying:
name = "EtudeNr.1", extension = "3" ).


Could TC treat this consistently either one way or the other, please?
(preferrably treating the last dot as separator for the extension)

[ghisler(Author)]

As stated here "there's no logical way to do it".

That's exactly the problem. I'm trying the method which is the most logical in most cases, the same as used when using the ren/rename command on a command line.

[StatusQuo]

Hm, on the command line (Win2k SP4 and XP SP2)

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ren Track01.mp3 EtudeNr.1.*

results in

• "EtudeNr.1"

here, ignoring the specified ".*" in the rename mask.
TC's rename results in

• "EtudeNr.1.3"