Rename and Duplicates

Mick Sulley mick at sulley.info
Sun Jul 2 10:39:48 BST 2023


Hi Maik,

Thanks for the clarification.

I have realised that I can fix my problem by using the remove duplicates 
tool before I rename.  Don't know why I didn't think of that before :)

Mick

On 02/07/2023 08:05, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> No, this is not a bug. For example, if your rename string contains the [date]
> option, which can resulting in duplicate filenames, a rename cannot be
> performed. Either you append a sequential numbering #### or the unique modifier
> {unique}.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Sonntag, 2. Juli 2023, 01:04:01 CEST schrieb Mick Sulley:
>> Running DK 8 on Mint
>>
>> I have a subdirectory with 800 images, some have incorrect names and so
>> I would like to select them all and rename.  There are many duplicates
>> which show up in red in the rename list and the OK button is greyed out,
>> so cannot proceed.  I believe that Bug 372763 back in DK 5.3 covered
>> this and it was fixed.  Has it broken again?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mick
>
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