babyrabbit
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I recently made an error, and have found it repeatable in several formats. It happens when renaming file(s) using Excel's hidden method "Name", or Scripting.FileSystemObject's MoveFile, to name a few.
When you rename and specify only a destination filename without path, the file(s) simply disappear, without a trace. I've searched the C-drive for both the new and old filenames and the files do not exist as either, anywhere. I can't imagine a rename function would delete them.
The old DOS' MOVE command allowed renaming by specifying the destination as newname-without-path. That's how I found this - by forgetting to add the path while half-remembering that it worked under DOS.
Has anyone on this forum ever heard of this? I'm mostly curious where they go. Please no bit bucket jokes.
When you rename and specify only a destination filename without path, the file(s) simply disappear, without a trace. I've searched the C-drive for both the new and old filenames and the files do not exist as either, anywhere. I can't imagine a rename function would delete them.
The old DOS' MOVE command allowed renaming by specifying the destination as newname-without-path. That's how I found this - by forgetting to add the path while half-remembering that it worked under DOS.
Has anyone on this forum ever heard of this? I'm mostly curious where they go. Please no bit bucket jokes.
