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Copying a file and renaming it with a prefix in a new folder

 
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DappleApple



Joined: 31 Oct 2009
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:48 am    Post subject: Copying a file and renaming it with a prefix in a new folder Reply with quote
Well I spent a good 2 hours trying to figure out how the hell to have autohotkey copy a file to another directory, while renaming it with a prefix each time win+c is pressed. I imagined having autohotkey add a prefix to the name of the file copied to the new folder such as:

record01.dem
record02.dem
record03.dem
record04.dem ..etc

Here is my first failed attempt, but it's the closest I got to getting this to work:

Code:
*#c::FileCopy, C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\chief_ace\counter-strike source\cstrike\record.dem, C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\demos\record*.dem


I tried using the integer variable, but I couldn't get it working. Then I tried arrays, and well, I had the same problem only that I was even far more confused, but I think I'm supposed to be using arrays to have autohotkey add a prefix? Do I have the script retrieve the latest number from a txt?

Here is my attempt at using the FileCopyFolders, editing the example provided in the help html:

Code:

ErrorCount := CopyFilesAndFolders("C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\chief_ace\counter-strike source\cstrike\record.dem", "C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\demos\")
if ErrorCount <> 0
    MsgBox %ErrorCount% files/folders could not be copied.

CopyFilesAndFolders(SourcePattern, DestinationFolder, DoOverwrite = false)
; Copies all files and folders matching SourcePattern into the folder named DestinationFolder and
; returns the number of files/folders that could not be copied.
{
    ; First copy all the files (but not the folders):
    FileCopy, %SourcePattern%, %DestinationFolder%, %DoOverwrite%
    ErrorCount := ErrorLevel
    ; Now copy all the folders:
    Loop, %SourcePattern%, 2  ; 2 means "retrieve folders only".
    {
        FileCopyDir, %A_LoopFileFullPath%, %DestinationFolder%\%A_LoopFileName%, %DoOverwrite%
        ErrorCount += ErrorLevel
        if ErrorLevel  ; Report each problem folder by name.
            MsgBox Could not copy %A_LoopFileFullPath% into %DestinationFolder%.
    }
    return ErrorCount
}


Here is my attempt at using arrays, editing the example provided in the arrays section, which never worked:

Code:
; Write to the array:
ArrayCount = 0
Loop, Read, C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\demos\Array.txt   ; This loop retrieves each line from the file, one at a time.
{
    ArrayCount += 1  ; Keep track of how many items are in the array.
    Array%ArrayCount% := A_LoopReadLine  ; Store this line in the next array element.
}

; Read from the array:
Loop %ArrayCount%
{
    ; The following line uses the := operator to retrieve an array element:
    element := Array%A_Index%  ; A_Index is a built-in variable.
    ; Alternatively, you could use the "% " prefix to make MsgBox or some other command expression-capable:
    MsgBox % "Element number " . A_Index . " is " . Array%A_Index%
}

*#c::FileAppend, Var := Array%A_Index% + 1, C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\chief_ace\counter-strike source\cstrike\record.dem, C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\demos\*.*


Could someone please lead me in the right direction? Thanks
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Leef_me



Joined: 08 Apr 2009
Posts: 5336
Location: San Diego, California
PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
tested, minimal error checking, no verify that write passed

you change the hotkey Wink

Code:
;FullFileName= C:\Users\Leef_me\Documents\Downloaded Files\junk274.ahk
FullFileName= C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\chief_ace\counter-strike source\cstrike\record.dem

;dest_dir=C:\Users\Leef_me\Documents\

dest_dir=C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\demos\

SplitPath, FullFileName, name, dir, ext, name_no_ext, drive

maxcopies=5

return


f1::


loop, %maxcopies%
{

  ;msgbox full:%FullFileName%`nname:%name%`ndir:%dir%`next:%ext%`nname_wo_ext:%name_no_ext%`ndrive:%drive%
  var:=a_index
  Var := "0000000000" . Var     ; The quotes contain 10 spaces.  To pad with zeros, substitute zeros for the spaces.
  StringRight, Var, Var, 2  ; This pads the number in Var with enough spaces to make its total width 10 characters.

  dest_filename=%dest_dir%%name_no_ext%%var%.%ext%

  IfnotExist, %dest_filename%
     break

  if a_index=%maxcopies%
    dest_filename=
}

if dest_filename=
{
  msgbox nothing available
}
else
{
  msgbox %dest_filename%
  FileCopy, %FullFileName%, %dest_filename%
}
return
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DappleApple



Joined: 31 Oct 2009
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow thank you.. you did all the work for me. it works like a champ.

only problem is I don't understand the code. Sad.. % % are always variables right? Why does
Code:
StringRight, Var, Var, 2
add another zero every copy if you add another , Var?
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pajenn



Joined: 07 Feb 2009
Posts: 384
PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
DappleApple wrote:
wow thank you.. you did all the work for me. it works like a champ.

only problem is I don't understand the code. Sad.. % % are always variables right? Why does
Code:
StringRight, Var, Var, 2
add another zero every copy if you add another , Var?


%var% = contents of variable var. For example, if var = Program Files, then

Code:
FileCopy, c:\boot.ini, c:\%var%\boot.ini


would copy boot.ini to C:\program files, whereas

Code:
FileCopy, c:\boot.ini, c:\var\boot.ini


would try to copy boot.ini to c:\var folder.

With commands like

Code:
StringRight, Var, Var, 2


the %-signs are not necessary because StringRight command operates on the contents of the input variable by default. However, when to use %-signs and when not to is one of the confusing aspects of AHK.

and
Code:
StringRight, Var, Var, 2
does not add anything, it simply saves the last two characters from string var into variable var, or put another way, it replaces string var by var's last to characters.
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