Re: Fw: NB6.0 file extensions

[Kenneth Salzberg <ksalzber>]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Maureen Kelly wrote:

> Once upon a time I invented my own extension for the files I made in NB
> fancying that I knew what I was doing.  The extension was .nts.  Now of
> couse, I want to change all those files to nb.  Is there some way to
> change a bunch at a time?  I probably have 60 or more files like this.
> If I have to 'save as' each file, do I simply delete the nts extension
> and save letting NB put in the nb or do I have to replace the nts with
> the nb and then save it?  Save as will create duplicates of everything
> and then later I can delete all the nts files.  Is this the only way to
> manage this?

Maureen:
  While I'm not a Windows expert, I do use (and promote) 4DOS and 4NT
command processors.  In those systems, I would open a 4NT window, change
the directory to the one with the files I want to change, and give the
command:
rename *.nts *.nb
and that would be that.  I could also, if I knew that all the files on my
HD that were called *.nts should be changed, start in the root directory,
and add global to the command:
global rename *.nts *.nb
But I have no idea what to do if you don't have 4DOS or 4NT.

-Ken

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