Re: Question: Scripts for automating file renames and updating links

[John Cornellier <tw -at- cornellier -dot- com>]

Hi Annamarie

Good development practice is to be as close as possible to the final deliverable as early as possible in the development cycle. 

To "rename the files as a last step before delivery" in a project with "300+ files" sounds like a high-risk development strategy.

Are you going to be able to leave yourself time to test everyting before delivery? The advantage to using a more "native" approach would be 
that you could test everything as you go.

Is using your own file naming system really going to pay off, on balance?

Sorry if this isn't the answer you wanted to hear....

John Cornellier

Annamarie Pluhar <apluhar -at- mindspring -dot- com> wrote:
>My question.  I'm working on a complex project  with multiple writers 
>where there are likely to be some 300+ files to deliver to the 
>client. The client has mandated a file naming system that is 
>cumbersome and difficult to read.  We plan to use our own system and 
>then rename the files as a last step before delivery.




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