Exactly! I asked this question awhile back in a.c.freeware, about
finding a proggie to LIMIT the save box when I input a filename, to a
customizable, say, 62 character limit, because I'm tired of saving
extremely long filenames only to have to chop them down later to
whatever limit for CD-DVD burning.
For that, nobody could come up with a specific existing program.
Now, there are tons of renamers that will truncate to length you
specify, some of these may also be used to identify, and not
specifically rename the files. Some can do things like eliminate
whitespace [smushing characters together], another has built-in
substitutions [like "Win" for Windows" etc] - sorry, can't remember
this proggie's name.
BUT -- the very, very best utility for this I've ever come across [and
the ONLY ONE to my knowledge] is called Long FileName Finder. You
specify the directory and it'll do sub-directories as well. Then, you
specify the filename length you want, and it'll identify all files that
exceed that length limit. You can then go thru the list and manually
rename all to the length you want.
It's a way-cool utility I've never seen anywhere else.
You can find it at:
http://www.dcsoft.com/products/longff/longff.htm
Here's the site's description of this freeware must-have utility:
Long Filename Finder is the easiest way to find and shorten filenames
that are too long to be backed up to CD-R (or CD-RW).
Many CD-R mastering programs limit the length of the filenames that can
be stored on the CD-R. In some cases, this length is as short as 62
characters. Your files can easily have names that exceed the limit,
especially for multimedia files such as MP3 that contain artist, album,
title, track number information. Before backing up to CD-R, you must
rename all your files so that none of the filenames exceed the limit.
PS -- if you come up with any other solutions, please post here!
Thanks!
Kittie Spit
