Rename fails to ID file of invalid char

[chrisjj]

On Windows7 64-bit BRU 4.0.0.9, renaming my X,000 files says:



failing to ID the file(s). A fix would be great!

Meanwhile any way to find out which file(s)?

[chrisjj]

You'd hope Status would help, but no - it is blank.

[Admin]

You can find them in the Preview dialog searching for the illegal characters; however, it is a bit tedious ...

[Luuk]

If its the now-names, the checkmark for "Regex" in Filters(12) could find them with a "Mask" like...
[:*?"\/<>|]
Or to remove those now-names from the file-list, can change the "Mask" to...
^(?!.*[:*?"\/<>|])


If its the new-names, I would just put :*?"\/<>| inside of the "Chars" for Remove(5).
But to troubleshoot, can use "Copy to Clipboard, Pathname + New Pathname", then let a text-editor search the characters.
This could also help show any illegal characters that might also be inside of their fullpathnames.

[chrisjj]

You can find them in the Preview dialog searching for the illegal characters;

Thanks. Could you pass on my request that the program do this? Or better, that the main file list show them.

however, it is a bit tedious ...

Agreed. Because the error does not ID the characters either. And Preview Find omits to show the character location. And you have to then manually locate the file in the main file list to make the amendment.

However it is better than nothing, for which I thank you.

[chrisjj]

If its the new-names

It is.

I would just put :*?"\/<>| inside of the "Chars" for Remove(5).

That doesn't catch the invalid chars originating from JavaScript Renaming here.

How I wish there was an option to do the JSR first...

But to troubleshoot, can use "Copy to Clipboard, Pathname + New Pathname", then let a text-editor search the characters.

Thanks.

[Luuk]

Since the invalid characters are created by JavaScript...
Can use Special(14) "Order" to make JavaScript conduct first.

[chrisjj]

Can use Special(14) "Order" to make JavaScript conduct first.

Thanks, but that's unavailable here, 4.0.0.9.

[Luuk]

It's unfortunate, but I cannot have access to the BRU right now.
If making Remove(5) conduct last wont remove them, I would edit the javascript to something like...

newName1 = Your-Javascript-Code
newName = newName1.replace(/[:*?"\\\/<>|]/g, "")

I cannot test the regex until getting to a computer, but Im sure admin could also help with other ways to remove characters in javascript. It will be many hours before I'm at the computer again to test the regex in javascript.

[Luuk]

My version (4.0.0.8) also cannot edit the order for when javascript should conduct?
I did believe its at the bottom when scrolling down, but mine stops at Extensions(11).
And moving Remove(5) to the very bottom, wont let him conduct after the javascript.

But since javascript invents the illegal-characters, he can also remove them.
This the way I tested it when getting to a computer, now modified...

// Prefix all names with illegals, then make sure .replace() removes them all...
newName1 = ":*?\"\\/<>|" + name
newName = newName1.replace(/[:*?"\\/<>|]/g, "")

[Admin]

// Function to remove characters not allowed in Windows NTFS filenames
var sanitizeName = function(s) {
// Remove control chars (0x00–0x1F) and forbidden characters: < > : " / \ | ? *
s = s.replace(/[\x00-\x1f<>:"\/\\|?*]/g, "");
// Remove any trailing spaces or dots (Windows NTFS disallows names that end with space or period)
s = s.replace(/[ .]+$/g, "");
return s;
};

// Example transformations:
// name = "my<bad>file?:.txt" => sanitizeName(name) yields "mybadfile"
// name = "trailing space . " => sanitizeName(name) yields "trailing space"

// Apply sanitization
newName = sanitizeName(name);