Auto-Filetyping

Hello,

I previously used VirtualAcorn, but sadly after opening the folder structure in Windows it completely messed up the filenames and types in RISC OS.

I’ve been trying to manually rename everything either on RPC-Emu, on the Pi or on my RISC PC but it’s frankly a task far too big and repetitive to be worth doing it manually.

Has anyone come across an application which will do this automatically?

Say you have a folder structure:

ROOT —> Apps —> DTP —> Ovation —> !Ovation

With files like this: !Run/ffa (or !Run,ffa on ROS 5); !RunImage/ffb etc. with filetypes in Risc OS as text that the program would auto filetype from the filename suffix and remove it?

I’ve found !FileTypes by David Sharp, but this does not run on the Pi.

Many Thanks

I have Retype from Gavin Wraith which looks as though it might do the job.

You can also do it using WebChange

Create a text file containing the following lines and save it somewhere:

WebChange.Script

Files.FixCommaTypes

Run WebChange. Drag the folder containing your b0rked files onto it. Drag the text file above onto the ‘Script’ icon. Click “Run” next to the script icon.

I’ve found !FileTypes by David Sharp, but this does not run on the Pi.

FileTypes I don’t know about but the two filetype programs on Davids web pages are TypeInfo which is written in BASIC, and TypeFind which also in BASIC although the normal RunImage file looks to have been put through StrongBS to reduce the file size. However, if you look in the Source directory you will find the original BASIC version RunImage which you can run instead.

The ReadMe1st file in the source directory actually covers the issue of someone else picking up the baton and continuing the maintenance of the application.