How to rename a file that was copied over

[MarcelFortin]

I am trying to place a file in a destination base folder and I would like to have the name of the file changed in the end. I am trying to accomplish everything with scripting but unsuccessful and looking for assistance. So I thought i could accomplish this is in two ways.
option confirm:yes-to-all
#Backup File to network Backup Folder
Load create:rt "C:\Synctest" "C:\SyncTest\Backup\%username%"
filter *_Filename.txt
select left.newer.files left.orphan.files
copy left->right
filter *_Filename.txt
select right.files
rename "*_Filename.txt" "*_Filename_%date%.txt"

Or the other way to maybe use copyto syntax and zip the file up with a name with a date in it. But this syntax did nothing for me...
I tried- copyto right path:relative "C:\SyncTest\Backup\%username%\Test_Filename.z ip" in the place of rename line above and it resulted in nothing outputted.

Also I tried to add %time% but that did not work because of the colon in the file name. Most users regional settings has this format set and I would like to know if there is another way to add time to the backup filename.

Assistance would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know when you have a second.

[Aaron]

Hello,

For variables, we do not support %username%, but do have %date% and %fn_time%, documented in Help -> Using Beyond Compare -> Scripts. The rename command supports an old mask new mask format if using regular expressions, but the dos mask has just the one mask:
rename "*_%date%.txt"
or
rename regexpr (.*)\.txt $1_%date%.txt

For scripting/rename documentation is under the Scripting Reference chapter of the Help file. If you select multiple files in the Folder Compare, then right-click Rename, this will have a similar interface and allow testing syntax if needed. Please note that BC4's interface and scripting do not offer Undo.

The copyto command looks correct, except for the %username% variable and the ".zip" file extension containing a space character.

[MarcelFortin]

Thanks for this information, I was always viewing the scripting reference and sample scripts, missed that information. I needed the %fn_time% variable for a file name.
Thanks for the rename information, I was confused in the example of the regexpr example. I ended up with the dos mask.
Not sure how a space got into my copyto example, however I figured my mistake out, it was on a filter command above this.
Thanks for your assistance Aaron.