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Simple C/C++ runcible script to uppercase file names

Posted 09-10-2013 at 05:13 AM by rainbowsally
Updated 09-10-2013 at 05:16 AM by rainbowsally

Runcible. Runc-able. Same thing... ;-)

As we feared, runc is getting out of control.. Atomic ants, vivisection, computer mad science... you just never know what might happen.

But...

Today's Features
  • More great stuff for C/C++ beginners.
  • Example of using C/C++ code to change file names to upper case.
  • How to run runc on a script/source code in a filesystem you can't make it executable in.

[The latest runc compiles and runs in the user's HOME folder in a private '.runc' directory... see link at the bottom for more.]

file: mv-upper
purpose: utility (executable)
Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/runc

// This is a runc C/C++ shell program to change the names of all the files 
// in the current directory to uppercase names.  In this case, I was working 
// in a windows partition and we can't set the executable flags on this
// source file, but the program runs as 'runc <sourcename>' even in a
// windows partition.

// To make this a generic app to change file names to uppercase (spaces in names
// are ok), add code to allow a quoted flespec for the files to convert.  Note: 
// If there is mysteriously more than one file in the args list, the shell probably 
// expanded wildcards, so it's best to quote the filespec.

#include <string.h> // strcpy()
#include <stdlib.h> // system()
#include <ctype.h>  // char type stuff like toupper()

#include <runc.h>

int err;

void cvt_upper(char* newname);

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  char** list = slist_new();
  char newname[256];
  char* oldname;
  
  // I wanted to change the names of all my ASY files to upper case so they 
  // would be easier to read in the file selection tool in ltspice (running in 
  // linux with wine).
  slist_pipeRead(&list, "ls *.asy 2>/dev/null");
  for(int i = 0; i < slist_count(&list); i++)
  {
    oldname = slist_get(&list, i);
    strcpy(newname, oldname);
    cvt_upper(newname);
    // we can't 'mv' directly to the new name so we change its name twice.
    err = system(tmpstr(256, "mv %s tmpfile && mv tmpfile '%s'", oldname, newname));
  }
  return 0;
}

void cvt_upper(char* newname)
{
  char* p = newname;
  while(*p)
    *p++ = toupper(*p);
}
To run the above code in a windows partition type 'runc <filename>' because we can't set the file itself to be executable in windows.

Requires only gcc/g++ (standard stuff) and runc-rs (a computer mad science experiment that appears to have some merit).

Like I said. You just never know... ;-)

You can take runc for a spin here.
"Run C/C++ Code As Script"
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-script-35691/

dload, compile, install, uninstall. It all works. Also has a deb package builder if you prefer that kind of thing. (GPL v. 3.0+)

The Computer Mad Science Team
:-)
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