I have not used exiftool since 2013. It was simple then. Today I tried to install and run the windows command line version on windows 7 64-bit
C:\pvfexec>exiftool
Error running more C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\Temp\par-5065746572204661636579\\exiftool_doc.txt
Both running exiftool.exe in command window, or clicking on exiftool(-k).exe on desktop, does NOT write exiftool_doc.txt in the specified par* folder (I did not install perl). The only thing in that folder is a folder named cache-exiftool-11.00 with 946 files in it. Yes I am admin. Yes I have write permission.
Secondly, I wanted to copy gps EXIF data from a set of jpg files to a matching set of dng files. I had to create a batch file thus
c:\pvfexec\exiftool -tagsfromfile 20180522_134648.jpg -gps:all 20180522_134648.dng
c:\pvfexec\exiftool -tagsfromfile 20180522_135617.jpg -gps:all 20180522_135617.dng
c:\pvfexec\exiftool -tagsfromfile 20180522_135731_001.jpg -gps:all 20180522_135731_001.dng
c:\pvfexec\exiftool -tagsfromfile 20180525_105411.jpg -gps:all 20180525_105411.dng
...
but why can't I use wildcards in the tagsfromfile input specifier?
exiftool -tagsfromfile *.jpg -gps:all *.dng
ought to work.
Is there another way of doing it which doesn't require me to build a batch file from scratch?
I can't speak to the problem with the doc text, but try this for your command:
exiftool -TagsFromFile %d%f.jpg -gps:all -ext dng /Target/Directory
This will select all DNG files in the target directory, look for a matching jpg file in the same directory, and copy the GPS tags from the jpg file to the DNG file.
The doc problem may be due to permissions or antivirus software, or maybe "more" isn't accessible/available for some reason.
But the application documentation is available in lots of places (html (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html), or pdf (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.pdf)).
- Phil
Thanks, that command will save me a lot of bother.
My permissions are ok. Perhaps the windows standalone exe does not install anything in \PAR* whereas the -k version wouldn't work because I did not install Perl. Anyway I suppose it doesn't matter.
exiftool.exe and exiftool(-k).exe are the exact same application. It is a bundle with Perl built in.
- Phil