I have folder with files
default.xmp
_DSC0001.ARW
_DSC0002.ARW
_DSC0003.ARW
What i want to get is three new XMP files that have with same contents as default.xmp with name of each image in the folder.
default.xmp
_DSC0001.ARW
_DSC0001.xmp
_DSC0002.ARW
_DSC0002.xmp
_DSC0003.ARW
_DSC0003.xmp
This would be Example #13 (https://exiftool.org/metafiles.html#EX13) on the Metadata Sidecar Files page except instead of using -TagsFromFile @ you would hardcode it to your default file, -TagsFromFile /path/to/default.xmp.
You would set the -ext (-extension) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#ext-EXT---ext-EXT--extension) to the type of file you want to process, e.g. -ext ARW, or if you want to included all files, you would use --ext xmp to avoid processing any existing xmp files.
exiftool -ext ARW -TagsFromFile /path/to/default.xmp -srcfile %d%f.xmp -r DIR
Thanks a lot for this response, works great.
Quote from: StarGeek on May 10, 2023, 11:20:49 AMyou would use --ext xmp to avoid processing any existing xmp files.
However using
--ext xmp, ExifTool still updates existing
.xmp files.
Yes, because you are explicitly writing to the XMP sidecar files. It will avoid copying the XMP files back onto themselves. For example, when it reads _DSC0001.ARW, it will copy from the default into _DSC0001.xmp. Without --ext xmp, it will then read _DSC0001.xmp and copy the data directly back into _DSC0001.xmp.
If you only want to create new XMP sidecar files, look at example #11.