Batch Files - "How to" + Recipes (add 'em if you got 'em!)

[feralicious]

Originally Posted by pmonk66

I created a batch file to create md5 signatures - but I would like to it to be able to automatically name the .md5 the name of the folder that was dragged into the batch file. Is that possible???

The following works to make an SBE check file named with the folder name, perhaps you can incorporate it and modify it for md5?

shntool len with txt file added to folder:

@echo off
%~d1 & cd %*
for %%T in (shn flac wav ape) do if exist *.%%T shntool len -u mb *.%%T >> "%~n1-shntool.txt"

[pmonk]

That did the trick - thanks

Originally Posted by dancin_carrot

Does anyone know what level of FLAC compression is used with shntool? And is there a way to change it?

The answer is essentially the same for Windows users as for *nix users such as Jazzbo, except you have to put single quotes around the curly brackets, e.g.:

'{' flac - -8 -o %f '}'

Make sure there is a space between each ' and the code before or after it inside the curly brackets.

When I want to perform a fix and compress to a non-default level of flac compression, I make a custom batch file and I create the custom file type as a variable. This makes the code a little easier to read, and I can easily cut and paste from one batch file into another for other fixes. I create a variable called 'typ' (for file type) at the beginning of the batch file like this:

set typ=cust ext=flac '{' flac -o %%f -V -8 - '}'

I then use 'typ' as my shntool file format with the -o argument, like this:

shntool fix -s r -o %typ% [input files]

You can use the 'typ' variable with any shntool command. For a straight conversion, for instance, set the typ variable as above, then use a command such as the following:

shntool conv -o %typ% *.shn

[dancin_carrot]

Very cool uhclem, thanks a lot!

[roann]

Originally Posted by uhclem

... When I want to perform a fix and compress to a non-default level of flac compression, I make a custom batch file and I create the custom file type as a variable. This makes the code a little easier to read, and I can easily cut and paste from one batch file into another for other fixes. I create a variable called 'typ' (for file type) at the beginning of the batch file like this:

set typ=cust ext=flac '{' flac -o %%f -V -8 - '}'

I then use 'typ' as my shntool file format with the -o argument, like this:

shntool fix -s r -o %typ% [input files]

...

Thnx for this, uhclem. I tried the same on ape files but failed. One of the lines I tested was
shntool fix -s b -o cust ext=ape '{' mac %f -c4000 '}' "Test 01.ape" "Test 02.ape" "Test 03.ape"
Only some useless warnings / error messages showed up ("make sure that there is enough disk space + the specified output directory exists" and stuff like that). Can you give me a helping hand pls?

You didn't specify an input file inside the curly brackets. When working with a custom format the input should always be 'standard in' which is signified simply by a dash, '-'

So try this inside the curlys and let me know if it works:

mac - %f -c4000

[roann]

Originally Posted by uhclem

You didn't specify an input file inside the curly brackets. When working with a custom format the input should always be 'standard in' which is signified simply by a dash, '-'

So try this inside the curlys and let me know if it works:

mac - %f -c4000

Fantastico, this works perfectly. Thanks very much!

[feralicious]

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