Hi Phil,
I am using exifTool version 9.98 and I am having the following problem:
I created 2 different @ Arg files
One uses the Tag "DateTimeOriginal" works correctly with the -d %Y/%Y_%m_%d/
One other uses a Composite tag called "DateTime2" instead of the Tag "DateTimeOriginal"
All other settings are 100% identical
I created the "DateTime2" Composite tag to resolves any missing, null, and dates such as "0000:00:00 00:00:00.00" by validating 'DateTimeOriginal', 'CreateDate', 'ModifyDate', 'FileModifyDate' in that order.
What I am finding is that when using the "DateTime2" Composite tag, it is ignoring the -d %Y/%Y_%m_%d/ formating and tries to insert the the date as "2012:06:28 08:59:07".
I have tried all combinations of -o, -directory, -d, and -filename and tried to pass the $(DateTime2) with both -directory and -filename with no success.
My only work-around was to create Composite tags "Year" and "DatedFolder" and use those with -filename and removing the -d and -directory options
-filename<P:\Original/${Year}/${DatedFolder}/%f%-2c.%e
Any thoughts on how best to resolve the issue that -d does not work if the date being used is a Composite tag?
By the way, I get the same results weather I used -filename or -testname. Meaning files with DateTimeOriginal tag will get copied from source to target.
-Brooks
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# F:\exifTool\CopyOriginals-1.arg -- Uses -directory<P:\Original/${DateTimeOriginal}
# ------------------------------------------------------
# Move Original Files
-P
-o
.
-d
%Y/%Y_%m_%d/
-directory<P:\Original/${DateTimeOriginal}
-filename<%f%-2c.%e
-Execute
# --------------------------------------------
exiftool -config "F:\exifTool\.Exiftool_config" -@ "F:\exifTool\CopyOriginals-1.arg" -common_args -r -ext jpg "F:\TestPhotos"
Results:
Warning: [minor] Tag 'DateTimeOriginal' not defined - F:/TestPhotos/011.jpg
Warning: No writable tags set from F:/TestPhotos/011.jpg
Error: './011.jpg' already exists - F:/TestPhotos/011.jpg
Warning: Invalid tag name '%f%-2c.%e' - F:/TestPhotos/011.jpg
Other Results:
The file "00929.jpg" still exists in the source folder as: "F:\TestPhotos\00929.jpg"
The file also shows up in the target folder: P:\Original\2012\2012_06_28\00929.jpg
# ------------------------------------------------------
# F:\exifTool\CopyOriginals-2.arg -- Uses -directory<P:\Original/${DateTime2}
# ------------------------------------------------------
# Move Original Files
-P
-o
.
-d
%Y/%Y_%m_%d/
-directory<P:\Original/${DateTime2}
-filename<%f%-2c.%e
-Execute
"F:\TestPhotos"
# --------------------------------------------
exiftool -config "F:\exifTool\.Exiftool_config" -@ "F:\exifTool\CopyOriginals-2.arg" -common_args -r -ext jpg "F:\TestPhotos"
Results:
Error: Error creating file: P:/Original/2012:06:28 08:59:07/00929.jpg - F:/TestPhotos/00929.jpg
Error creating directory P:/Original/2001:01:09 12:55:12
Error: Error creating file: P:/Original/2001:01:09 12:55:12/011.jpg - F:/TestPhotos/011.jpg
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Here are the Custom Composite Tags I added to the "F:\exifTool\.Exiftool_config" config file
I am not a Perl programmer but tried my best. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
The following Composite Tags do work.
# **** ADD ADDITIONAL COMPOSITE TAG DEFINITIONS HERE ****
DateTime2 => {
Desire => {
0 => 'DateTimeOriginal',
1 => 'CreateDate',
2 => 'ModifyDate',
3 => 'FileModifyDate',
},
ValueConv => q{
my $year;
my ($badDate) = 0;
if (defined $val[0]) {
$year = $val[0] =~ /(\d{4}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(.*)/ ? "$1" : substr($val[0],0,4);
if ($year eq "0000") {
$badDate = 1;
} else {
if (defined $6) {
return "$1:$2:$3 $4:$5:$6";
}
return $val[0]
}
}
if (defined $val[1]) {
$year = $val[1] =~ /(\d{4}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(.*)/ ? "$1" : substr($val[1],0,4);
if ($year eq "0000") {
$badDate = 1;
} else {
if (defined $6) {
return "$1:$2:$3 $4:$5:$6";
}
return $val[0]
}
}
if (defined $val[2]) {
$year = $val[2] =~ /(\d{4}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(.*)/ ? "$1" : substr($val[2],0,4);
if ($year eq "0000") {
$badDate = 1;
} else {
if (defined $6) {
return "$1:$2:$3 $4:$5:$6";
}
return $val[0]
}
}
if (defined $val[3]) {
$year = $val[3] =~ /(\d{4}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(.*)/ ? "$1" : substr($val[3],0,4);
if ($year eq "0000") {
$badDate = 1;
} else {
if (defined $6) {
return "$1:$2:$3 $4:$5:$6";
}
return $val[0]
}
}
if ($badDate == 1) {
return '1900:01:01 00:00:00';
} else {
return '1901:01:01 00:00:00';
}
}
},
Year => {
Require => 'DateTime2',
ValueConv => '$val=~s/:.*//; $val',
},
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