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Title: can't seem to use DIR to modify metadata in an entire directory
Post by: Al Jensen on June 03, 2014, 12:14:09 AM

Following is a command file which I am trying to use to insert the current file name into the PreservedFileName metadata field. The first two examples work OK, but if I try to make the change in the entire directory, following the example in the instructions, it fails. What am I doing wrong?
Newbie Al
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dir
pause
exiftool.exe -PreservedFileName=" abrie" apd_0860.jpg
exiftool -s apd_0860.jpg
pause
exiftool.exe "-PreservedFileName<FileName" apd_0860.jpg
pause
exiftool -s apd_0860.jpg

Pause
rem Works
exiftool.exe "-PreservedFileName<FileName" DIR
rem Doesn't Work- Why??

Title: Re: can't seem to use DIR to modify metadata in an entire directory
Post by: Phil Harvey on June 03, 2014, 07:15:40 AM

Quote from: Al Jensen on June 03, 2014, 12:14:09 AM
exiftool.exe "-PreservedFileName<FileName" DIR

You need to insert the name of the actual directory in place of "DIR". For example:

exiftool.exe "-PreservedFileName<FileName" c:\images

or

exiftool.exe "-PreservedFileName<FileName" .

for the current working directory.

- Phil

Title: Re: can't seem to use DIR to modify metadata in an entire directory
Post by: Al Jensen on June 05, 2014, 02:53:04 PM

Thank You.
Al

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