MAMEWorld Forums - Programming - Re: Batch file processing...

> > > Okay, so on a work computer I have a file directory similar to this:
> >
> > {SNIPPIY-SNIP}
> >
> > I could probably write something like that in Java. I have similar file processing
> > programs that I've written that I could just cannibalize.
>
> Great, thankee kindly.
>
> > Would this be a one-off program or something that you need to run daily?
>
> Basically one-off, not something production-quality. I may have need to run it again
> eventually.
>
> > Should your output CSV have the STATE as well? or is there going to be one CSV per
> > state?
>
> No, STATE is not important, although the complete filename with path would certainly
> not go amiss since the plan is to only have one CSV. Basically the goal is to
> partially automate comparing to see if CITY1 matches CITY2. If it's completely off,
> then usually it will mean that the content of the file had been overwritten but the
> filename remained unchanged. This however does not check for the case where NAME or
> PHONE no longer match CITY2, but the only way I have to check for that case is
> manually. On over 1000 files. Arrgh!
>
> I was however wrong about the cutoff ASCII within the file. The file content is more
> like this:
>
> ...header...
> NAME Joe Smith
> CITY2 Detroit
> PHONE 3015551212
> IMAGE encoded monochrome image
> ...other fields...
> ...footer...
>
> - Stiletto

Wait... are these files binary? All the tools I've written in java were text based "line at a time" processing tools. If they're binary files, it might take a bit of reworking. Do you have a sample file that I could experiment with? Are the headers fixed length?

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