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From: Armadillo@cup.portal.com (Russ Armadillo Coffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Bulk file type/creator changing
Message-ID: <26195@cup.portal.com>
Date: 22 Jan 90 18:55:20 GMT
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David C. Schweisguth writes:

>Can someone direct me to a Macintosh utility that will change file types
>and creators _in_bulk_?

Yes! I see you have America Online and GEnie accounts. Look for Bat Filer
(aka Batch Filer). It will do that and much more with ease. It can,
ferinstance, find files by any of a number of file attributes (type,
creator, dates, name, size, etc.) and add them to a "set." You can do
more finds and add them to the set. You can then do a laundry list of
operations on the set, including changing either the type and/or creator.

When finding files by type and creator, you can do a NOT on either. I
collect a lot of free art and archive it to cartridges. I use Bat Filer to
find all files of type PNTG and NOT creator MPNT on each cartridge. I then
change all found files to creator MPNT so that they start MacPaint when
opened instead of SuperPaint etc. Other operations you can do on sets are
move, copy, delete, rename, and a lot more.

I seldom use Bat Filer, but when I do, it saves a LOT of work! This is on
my "gotta have" list! Only one problem - tends to bomb under MultiFinder
when you do a Find Files the first time. Restart and it seems to work OK.

-Russ
Mac Guy
Sales & Corp support whiz
Still looking for MacWork