Direct file renaming

[harpax78]

Hello everybody,

Is it possible to add (or to point it out, if i missed it) the function of arbitrary renaming of attached files directly from JabRef? So that it won’t be needed to edit both file name and corresponding entry.

I'm aware of batch rename capabilities of JabRef, but it would be nice just to make a right click on entry and have “rename attached file” option, which would only require to enter new name once.

Thank you

[yurickyh]

Hi,
@kaiquekk and I would like to work on this issue.

[tobiasdiez]

Thanks to @kaiquekk and coworkers, this is now implemented in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from http://builds.jabref.org/master/. Thanks! Please remember to make a backup of your library before trying-out this version.

[harpax78]

Tried this feature it on my Win10 x64 with the .jar variant of the snapshot - did not work. It only changes "file"-string, but doesn't rename the attached file in corresponding folder.

[tobiasdiez]

@kaiquekk can you please have a look at the problem described by @harpax78 . Thanks!

[kaiquekk]

We tried the latest .jar development version snapshot on two different Win10 x64 and the rename worked. Can you tell us more information about the problem?

[harpax78]

The problem is still here for me. Maybe that's because I have relative file links in my DB or because I use Directory Opus instead of default Win File Explorer.

[tobiasdiez]

@harpax78 Could it be that the file is open in another application (e.g. in a PDF reader or your file explorer)? In this case, we cannot rename the file because the other application blocks it. Could you please test it with just having JabRef open and nothing else. Thanks.