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[GRonken]

I want to to take a file with a date and time stamp attached to the file name, and rename it to file name and date. I won't know the name of the file because of the timestamp so I assume I need to have a wildcard of some type. Is their an easy way of doing this OR is it possible at all. The directory should have ONLY one file in it at a time and I can trap for that and send a message to have something done manuallyto correct the problem .. Thanks

IS:
\temp\charges_20031124083753.txt

WANT:
\temp\charges.txt

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?

old="\temp\charges_20031124083753.txt"
out=Left(old,Len(old)-19)&Right(old,4)
WScript.Echo old, vbCrLf, out

For the file retrieving and renaming you can use the FileSystemObject (GetFolder method, Files collection, ...)
Do a keyword search in this forum for fso.

Hope This Help
PH.