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calberga
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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,17:21
I seem to have forgotten or missed something.

I'm trying to rename some files and want to go from:

old-filename

to:

<album> - <artist>\old-filename.

I couldn't figure out how to do this from Rename from Tags, as there was no way to specify the old-filename that I could see.

I then tried to use Create Custom List.  When I realized the "Rename from List" didn't allow anything but "old filename" and "new filename", no real templates, I redid the list with an (advanced mode) template of:

<filename> | <album> - <artist>\<filename>

but the \ seemed to be illegal, at least the template turned red.  I then tried quoting the \, as "\", and then '\', but in either case the \ vanished, and only the quotation marks were placed in the list.

At that point I gave up and edited the list, changing "" to \, and the result worked.

But, shouldn't I have been able to do this renaming without hand massaging the list?  Or, even better, without a list at all?

Enlighten me, oh master!
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Posted: Dec. 17 2007,20:18
When a template field is set to advanced mode, you can always right-click it to bring up a selection menu of all available template tags for it.

Oh, and backslashes in templates are expressed with the "<\>" tag, not with a raw backslash.

Use the following template in the auto rename tool, for what you want:

<album> - <artist><\><OldFileName>

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calberga
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Posted: Dec. 18 2007,00:59
Ah! Thank you.  I did know about <\>, but the neurons are getting old and worn, thanks for the reminder.  I DIDN'T know that <Oldfilename> as available.
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Posted: Dec. 18 2007,01:06
PS Welcome back to the playpen.  I was worried that you had become lost in Windows Vista or some such horrid fate.
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Posted: Dec. 19 2007,16:27
Hehe, don't worry, wouldn't touch it with a stick. ;)

Btw, congrats on being the first user on the board to reach "Ancient Board Spirit" status.  :p

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