Add a random number to the file's name let it be the unique one in the database

[Blanc]

@Fu.nyanderful

Ha! If I can figure out these questions on my own, I might not ask this question… but it is indeed worth thinking about!

@chrillek

Why is it important that filenames are unique?

This is because, first, if there is a file with the same name in the folder, using a relative path to insert the media in markdown will make an error~ Second, I moved part of the content outside DT and indexed them to the database, and finder does not allow files with the same name in one folder, How to name them? emmm……I only thought of adding random numbers for them…

Just wondering out loud here…: would using the smart rule with Bates numbering (see DEVONthink 3.5 Documentation, page 81) not make your file names unique?

[cgrunenberg]

Bates numbering should indeed be a sufficient.

[pete31]

I never used Bates numbering. Would this approach result in names from 1 to the count of children?

[BLUEFROG]

No. Bates numbering is an continuously incrementing unique number, i.e., subsequent uses will continue incrementing, not start again at 0 or 1.

[pete31]

Thanks!