with "exiftool -csv -r <dir>" I wanted to go recursively through subdirectories.
I wondered why it was done so fast and then I noticed, that the scan ignores (under Windows) folders starting with a dot.
Example:
(http://i.imgur.com/5ezO9M0.png)
the file explorer.exe was in the ".folder"-folder and in the "folder"-folder, but the resursive scan ignored it completely. I know that in Unix such directories are usually system directories and that under Windows creating such a folder is difficult, but I wanted to point that out nonetheless.
Yes, the -r option ignores "hidden" directories (names starting with a ".").
This should be mentioned in the documentation. I will add a note about this. Thanks for pointing it out.
- Phil
Edit: I will also enhance the -r option to allow these directories to be processed (by adding "." to the option name, ie. -r. or -recurse.).