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Subject: Re: Extract File_id.diz & Save As Same Name As Zip File
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Todd Vargo wrote:
> Todd Vargo wrote:
>> Richard Bonner wrote:
>>> FileGod wrote:
>> ...
>>>> I decided to write a bacth file that...
>>>> grabs the File_id.diz from zip files & save them as the same name as
> the
>> zip
>>>> files but with the extention .diz since there have been a lot of files
> I
>>>> downloaded more than once, these are automating batch files so do not
>> type in
>>>> a file name when running these batch files...
>>> (Snip)
>>>
>>> ***   I may be misunderstanding what you are doing, but can one not
> just:
>> I distilled FileGod's text to hopefully help with your confusion.
>>
>> File_id.diz represents a non-static name nor the same basename as the zip,
>> hence, his code is intended to extract *.diz from the zip and rename it to
>> the basename of the zip.
> 
> Correction: File_id.diz is a static name.
> 
>> FWIW, I don't find it of particular interest to me.
> 
> BTW, the following single batch performs what FileGod used 2 batch files to
> accomplish and without need to clean up the double .zip.diz extensions.
> 
> Note, like FileGod's code, this batch only operates on 8.3 filenames as I
> don't find the batch of particular use to bother including LFN with spaces
> support.
> 
> @echo off
> if not (%1)==() goto GetDiz
> if exist File_id.diz del File_id.diz
> md Diz's
> for %%a in (*.zip) do call %0 %%a
> rd Diz's
> set basename=
> goto end
> :GetDiz
> cd Diz's
> echo.>%1
> ren %1 *.
> for %%? in (*.*) do set basename=%%?
> del %basename%
> cd..
> pkunzip -e %1 File_id.diz
> ren File_id.diz %basename%.diz
> :end
> 

Interesting yrmp folder name there!