Removing FTP letter restrictions

[itsmattxp]

A few weeks ago I made a topic regarding FTP speeds and different FTP programs. Now I come across another problem and that is letter restrictions. I was wondering if there are any programs that have no restrictions on file name length or special characters like a hyphen. Its really time consuming to have to go through each ROM and rename a few so that they fit when I have no idea what are the name criteria of FlashFXP. I am currently using and EVOX dashboard and FlashFXP. Thanks!

Edit: Is there a program that can rename the files?

[gtmtnbiker]

That's a restriction of the xbox file system that is on the xbox, not the ftp program.

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=186582

[itsmattxp]

Any program that can detect a file that is 42 letters or longer? Right now I'm counting the letters on the games but seems pretty heavy on the eyes. Thanks!

[MrPopo]

Any program that can detect a file that is 42 letters or longer? Right now I'm counting the letters on the games but seems pretty heavy on the eyes. Thanks!

Easiest way would be a quick perl script.

[itsmattxp]

Any program that can detect a file that is 42 letters or longer? Right now I'm counting the letters on the games but seems pretty heavy on the eyes. Thanks!

Easiest way would be a quick perl script.

No idea what that is, elaborate please?

[Hatta]

I'd use Bash. You'll probably need Cygwin unless you're on a Mac.

Something like this would work:

mkdir toolong
for each in *; do if [$(basename $each | wc -c) -gt 42]; then mv "$each" toolong; fi; done

[itsmattxp]

I'd use Bash. You'll probably need Cygwin unless you're on a Mac.

Something like this would work:

mkdir toolong
for each in *; do if [$(basename $each | wc -c) -gt 42]; then mv "$each" toolong; fi; done

So I just download Cygwin and use that command?

[Hatta]

I didn't test it, but it should work. I omitted a few quotes that I think will be necessary. Try this one:

mkdir toolong
for each in *; do if [$(basename "$each" | wc -c) -gt '42']; then mv "$each" toolong; fi; done

Make sure you execute it from within the directory with all your roms, and make a backup of your roms folder just in case.

[Anapan]

I just switched to a fixed-width font and resized the window to the right width. Anything with too many letters gets cut off.

[itsmattxp]

Just tried to cygwin and have no idea how to use it or even get to the command screen. I then tried to do Anapan's method and after about 10 minutes my eyes started to hurt. Help me out on the cygwin method please, thanks!