add a file extention

[borsker]

I am trying to add a file extention to a customer file but when i try to use this command

rename file filename to filename.txt

it tells me that a required clause or something is missing

Does anyone know how i can change it

 

[Neil Toulouse]

The syntax is simply:

RENAME <FileName1> TO <FileName2>

...you don't need the 'FILE' statement, but you do need the 'TO'.

Neil

I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours...

 

[Mike Lewis]

Borsker,

A much more reliable method:

FileName1 = FORCEEXT(FileName1, "TXT")

Mike



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[Mike Lewis]

Borsker,

I'm talking rubbish.

Kindly ignore my previous post. I see now that you want to rename the file, not simply generate a filename with a different extension.

Mike

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[borsker]

the problem is the file does not have an extention. so when i say rename filename to filename.txt, it looks at filename to be a .dbf. when it does not see a filename.dbf it errors.

 

[TamarGranor]

Try:

RENAME file. TO file.txt

That is include a closing period.

Tamar