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Want to use ListGen to create a batch file to move roms
edge:
I am working on a dedicated trackball cabinet. I am trying to use ListGen (thanks Budda!) to extract the rom names of the trackball games only -- and create a batch file that could move those roms from one directory to another.
When I run ListGen (with moviebatch, mamewah, etc as frontend variable), I get the proper list of trackball roms, but I cannot modify the output file. Is there a way to manipulate the output format without modifying the source code? I tried modifying the templates, but the readme said that those are obsolete.
filter.sql
--- Code: ---select * from gamedata where control= 'trackball';
--- End code ---
listgen.ini
--- Code: ---rompath ..\mame_roms\roms
mamepath ..\mame
frontend moviebatch
verbose 0
silent 0
audit_roms 0
use_clones 1
unique 0
us_version_priority 0
world_version_priority 0
strip_description 0
japan_version_priority -1
reuse_mame_data 0
output makemovies.bat
force_uppercase_romnames 0
skip_final_step 1
boundary_path .
boundary_file ssf.txt
--- End code ---
Thanks!
edge:
I hate to bump but...
NOP:
Can't exactly help you with ListGen, but I can point you to another utility that might be able to help:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55636.0
This uses MAME's xml file output that you can parse through and keep isolating games that you're interested in, then a final pass with a -r on the command line will dump out only the rom names. You should be able to batch file that final output fairly easily.
as the author of the above util, I am also available for tech support.
-jeff!
Buddabing:
I'm sorry I didn't see your post earlier.
You can change the text from within your filter.sql:
--- Code: ---.separator ' '
select '@call batch1',romname from gamedata where control='trackball';
--- End code ---
Then in batch1.bat you move the rom from folder to folder: (foo to bar in this case)
--- Code: ---move foo\%1.zip bar\%1.zip
--- End code ---
Please PM me if you have further questions.
edge:
Thanks, Budda and NOP. I will try both out tonight.
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