Filter trough file owner, attributes, time.

Enrico65 · 2011-05-31 10:02

ReNamer is an excellent software, that I use almost daily: thanks Den!

I could not find rules which take into account:

- File attributes (to filter files during search and/or to set, clear, toggle attributes)
- File ownership (to filter files during search and/or to change owner)
- File creation/modification/access dates (to filter during search and/or to set/copy dates)
- Other file hidden properties, flags, special/hidden/effective/auditing permissions, advanced settings.

Would be extremely useful and appreciated.

Andrew · 2011-05-31 19:29

Hidden and System items at least can be included using the Filter Settings dialog (Ctrl+F). Other options can be added as per Denis' wishes.

As far as changing/setting these options goes, I think that's outside the program's scope.

Enrico65 · 2011-05-31 20:02

Other renamers, which are far below ReNamer, allow filtering and setting of attributes and dates...
I never found a program able to filter and set ownership and, above all, advanced file properties, though.

Andrew · 2011-06-01 05:49

I fully agree with your suggestions regarding more filtering options. But when it comes to actually messing with the file system and setting these attributes, there are other good, dedicated, powerful utilities (both GUI and command-line based) to do these, or you can always cook up your own batch files, AutoIT scripts etc. In any case, the final decision as always rests with Denis as to which direction he wants to take ReNamer.

Enrico65 · 2011-06-01 07:46

Andrew, I am an electronic engineer, but since seeeeveral years I don't write software anymore... So I'm not so sure I'm able to write such scripts, etc...! I wish I could give some contribution to this excellent freeware. In which language is it written?

As for my suggestion, I hope that Denis, sooner or later, adds full control over file attributes, dates, ownership and (with due warnings), the most hidden file flags and settings.
All the best!

Andrew · 2011-06-02 06:19

ReNamer itself uses a 3rd party component that exposes a subset of Pascal to users and enables powerful scripts to be created.

Alternately, for automating changes to the system (Windows), you can look at plain old batch files, or AutoIT (uses syntax similar to C++) or PowerShell scriptlets etc. On *NIX/Linux/OS X and similar of course you can write your own Bash shell scripts in C and so on. There are so many possibilities...

Enrico65 · 2011-06-02 09:33

Thanks, Andrew!

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Filter trough file owner, attributes, time.

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Re: Filter trough file owner, attributes, time.

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#4 2011-06-01 05:49

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#5 2011-06-01 07:46

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