AutoRename without an Extension

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acorcoran
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AutoRename without an Extension

Post by acorcoran »

Is there a way to autorename a file that does NOT have an extension. For instance, we download files that do not have an extension and I want to append a timestamp.

DO000350 would be a sample file. I'd like to use the autorename functionality and append a date/timestamp.

DO000350 -> DO000350_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.DAT

But it won't let me add it since in theory, it has no extension.
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Post by ForumAdmin »

On Windows based servers, you should be able to use:

*.

to specify files without an extension. This may vary on *nix or other servers.
acorcoran
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Post by acorcoran »

That didn't seem to work, however, I went ahead and wrote a small batch file and placed it in the external section. That works just fine...was hoping to do it with the internal profile tools, but not a huge deal.
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