EUREKA!!!! However, I had to change set file name of filePath to fileNameNew to read... set file name of ALIAS filePath to fileNameNew THANKS, Ed!!!! Chuck On Jan 30, 2010, at 2:11 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > You've gotten a few good answers, here's one more that may require less editing of your scripts that depend on Jons Commands: > > > > set fileNameNew to (fileNameNew & mySuffix) as string -- new name for file > > set filePath to (srcFolder & fileName) as string -- path to file to be renamed > > tell application "Finder" to set name of file filePath to fileNameNew > > > HTH > > ES > > On Jan 30, 2010, at 9:19am, Chuck Pelto wrote: > >> Here's the latest of an hours worth of beating my head against the monitor....only to leave slobber all over it.... >> >> set fileNameNew to (fileNameNew & mySuffix) as string -- new name for file >> >> set filePath to (srcFolder & fileName) as string -- path to file to be renamed >> >> set file name of file filePath to fileNameNew >