-Multi-file Rename - "Respect case" doesn't work

jkauff · Post by *jkauff » 2014-03-14, 17:56 UTC

I'm using B3. When I was renaming a series of files today, I was unable to change a lowercase "e" to an uppercase "E". The "Respect case" checkbox doesn't seem to be working.

Horst.Epp · Post by *Horst.Epp » 2014-03-14, 18:05 UTC

Works fine for me in TC 8.51b3 x64.
Only the lowercase e was changed, all others chars untouched.

Ovg · Post by *Ovg » 2014-03-14, 18:30 UTC

And for me too. No problem here. TC 8.51b3 x86/x64

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2014-03-14, 19:29 UTC

jkauff,
Please provide exact rename parameters (name template, case combobox choice) and sample filename.

sqa_wizard · Post by *sqa_wizard » 2014-03-14, 20:36 UTC

jkauff,
Where are the rename files located?

jkauff · Post by *jkauff » 2014-03-15, 03:48 UTC

Files were episodes of a TV show. Sample filename was "showname s03e01.mkv", etc. I was changing them to "Showname S03E01.mkv"--simple case change. I first applied "First of each word uppercase", then tried to replace "3e" with "3E". The replace didn't work.

Ah, I just occurred to me that I didn't do these as two separate operations, I attempted to do them in one operation. Maybe they conflict.

Gral · Post by *Gral » 2014-03-15, 04:32 UTC

You just leave "First of each word uppercase" selected and working after search & replace. Change to "Unchanged".

MarcinW · Post by *MarcinW » 2014-03-15, 23:59 UTC

The reason may be that files have been in use (opened in some application), especially in exclusive access mode.

For example, if you try to rename a Windows swap file (for example C:\pagefile.sys) to some other name (let's say C:\pagefile.BIN), the operation fails. But when you try to change the case only (for example to C:\pagefile.SYS), operating system returns success, but the name won't be changed.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2014-03-16, 10:03 UTC

Gral wrote:You just leave "First of each word uppercase" selected and working after search & replace. Change to "Unchanged".

Yeah, that is a most probable reason why replace didn't work: capital 'E' was then changed to lowercase one by case modificator.

MarcinW wrote:The reason may be that files have been in use (opened in some application), especially in exclusive access mode.

In such case files wouldn't be renamed at all, and TC would show an error message. However in our case only part of a name have been renamed while other part of same name haven't.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2014-03-16, 11:17 UTC

The option "First of each word uppercase" is applied AFTER the name/ext field, and after the Search+Replace operation.