Annoying renaming bug (4.5.2)
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:40 pmHi,
I just found the logic behind an annoying bug that was puzzling me for the few last weeks.
I use a lot the function \"Transfer based on mask\" to move and rename files around using my own naming convention. I noticed that with some files it did not work as expected and instead produced duplicate filenames which is exactly what I want to avoid. At first I thought it was because I was using .png and .gif files then I noticed it had to do something with the names.
Ok to cut a sory short I discovered that cam2pc transfer/rename function will produce duplicates filenames when the original filenames contains the same numeric sequences somewhere. In other words, filename containing the same (exact) numeric values will be given the same name.
Let\'s put all this into practice :
Let\'s set the Transfer/File Renaming option with the simple rule : %F. I\'m just asking cam2pc to transfer my files in some other directory.
Now I have a CD or an other directory with the following files:
DSC_1225.jpg
IMG_1225.jpg
Xmas-1225-Noel.jpg
Selecting those files and using the \"Transfer based on Mask\" command will produces the following results :
DSC_1225.jpg
DSC_1225 (1).jpg
DSC_1225 (2).jpg
The content of the file is correct, only the filenames are wrong (except from the first in the selection)
If you have 2 files, say img_0005 and Hi_5_Folks, it will be the same (contained numeric value is 5).
I did not find any workaround for this problem. The only one is to make sure that the files you are about to rename with cam2pc do not contain identical numeric values embedded in their filenames.
Hope it can be solved easily.
Christian
I just found the logic behind an annoying bug that was puzzling me for the few last weeks.
I use a lot the function \"Transfer based on mask\" to move and rename files around using my own naming convention. I noticed that with some files it did not work as expected and instead produced duplicate filenames which is exactly what I want to avoid. At first I thought it was because I was using .png and .gif files then I noticed it had to do something with the names.
Ok to cut a sory short I discovered that cam2pc transfer/rename function will produce duplicates filenames when the original filenames contains the same numeric sequences somewhere. In other words, filename containing the same (exact) numeric values will be given the same name.
Let\'s put all this into practice :
Let\'s set the Transfer/File Renaming option with the simple rule : %F. I\'m just asking cam2pc to transfer my files in some other directory.
Now I have a CD or an other directory with the following files:
DSC_1225.jpg
IMG_1225.jpg
Xmas-1225-Noel.jpg
Selecting those files and using the \"Transfer based on Mask\" command will produces the following results :
DSC_1225.jpg
DSC_1225 (1).jpg
DSC_1225 (2).jpg
The content of the file is correct, only the filenames are wrong (except from the first in the selection)
If you have 2 files, say img_0005 and Hi_5_Folks, it will be the same (contained numeric value is 5).
I did not find any workaround for this problem. The only one is to make sure that the files you are about to rename with cam2pc do not contain identical numeric values embedded in their filenames.
Hope it can be solved easily.
Christian