Re: [WinMac] Converting Mac files to Windows en-masse

Richard Laycock(rlaycock[at]earthlink.net)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:04:03 -0800 (PST)

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DropRename will:
1) search and replace the illegal characters...
2) truncate all filenames to a specified # of characters...
3) append the extension in a batch.

It works fine on a dozen or so. I'd imagine 3000 should work as well. You
can get it at...
http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ChaoticSoftware/

                         Richard L.
Original Message:

>Is there a utility that handles filename / extension conversion
>automatically?

>...if the filename exceeds 27 characters, the extension is not
>added which leaves me to manually clean up the rest.
>
 appreciated.
>
>- Kevin J. Rees (krees@kelisys.com)
>- Consultant
>- Kelisys Technologies, Inc.
>- Orlando, FL

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