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Title: filename basename problem
Post by: jmwjmw on October 30, 2012, 01:52:16 PM

Hi -- I amusing exiftool 9.02 on Windows XP via the Command line. I am trying to write the base file name to a tag.

When I run the following command, I have success:

exiftool -"XMP:Title<filename" -overwrite_original c:\somepic.jpg

But when I try the next command on the same pic, I get a "No writable tags found" message:

exiftool -"XMP:Title<basename" -overwrite_original c:\somepic.jpg

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

thanks

Jim

Title: Re: filename basename problem
Post by: Phil Harvey on October 30, 2012, 01:54:10 PM

Hi Jim,

The BaseName tag is not pre-defined. It is one of the example user-defined tags in the sample config file (https://exiftool.org/config.html). If you install this config file then your command should work. Read the comments at the start of the sample config file for instructions.

- Phil

Title: Re: filename basename problem
Post by: jmwjmw on October 30, 2012, 02:30:43 PM

Phil -- Worked great ... thanks for the quick reply.

Jim

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