LOL, Batch help

Hello people Name is Sara and i was a member of some batch forum but now i cant find it Sooo hope you can help?

Oh and this is for winXP.

Ok here is an example of what i want to do...

Rename Logs.bat Logs2.bat

Hrmm well i have 2 batch files. 1 called Logs.bat & Logs2.bat. Now when i try to rename Logs2.bat to the same name as Logs.bat i get this funny Ouput...
(Logs2.bat.bat)

I'm really a n00b But i'm learning from google -> Learn Batch. But google dont give me the answer

Thanx

 

Hmmm I'm a little confused here...

i messed around with a batch file to put my limited knowledge of DOS based commands into a quick file to rename a file called logs.bat to logs2.bat:

ren logs.bat logs2.bat

Simple. I ran it from the command prompt in XP. if there is already a file there called logs2.bat in the directory it will complain that the file exists and not work properly. TO get around this you can do one of several things.
Either remove the file logs2.bat, and rename logs.bat to logs2.bat:

del logs2.bat
ren logs.bat logs2.bat

Or... rename logs2.bat to logs3.bat and maintain 3 copies... nermous things that could be done.

ren logs2.bat logs3.bat
ren logs.bat logs2.bat

Batch files are a handy tool for doing this kind of thing but they are a little limited in what they can do... personally I would be tempted to look at something like bash scripting (in windows this can be done through a handy program called cywin) as this offers much more flexibility and functionality. Altenratively Perl is a handy programming language that can do this kind of thing very easily.

Hope this helps

Cheers,
Greg

 

Ahh i'm rubbish with the english

Copy %0 Logs.bat
Ren Logs.bat Logs2.bat

Now this dont rename anything! Thats all i end up with is (Logs.bat)

The file "Logs2.bat" is already there!

Auuu i must learn english!!!