Title: Windows Batch Variables
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
[Originally posted by bobbyandck on 2007-02-24 17:18:01-08]
Dear Phil,
Following your great help a month ago with Sorting pictures into folders, I have been trying to put it all into a windows batch file (in order to avoid having to retype the whole line (some 230 characters)) but this has brought up a error.
The % sign is understood by windows as being followed by a variable, but as there is no definition of Y then the command line removes that part of the line, therefore giving errors.
would it be possible to use another sign ?
thank you for your assistance,
Andrew
Dear Phil,
Following your great help a month ago with Sorting pictures into folders, I have been trying to put it all into a windows batch file (in order to avoid having to retype the whole line (some 230 characters)) but this has brought up a error.
Code:
exiftool(-k).exe -d %Y "-directory<$iptc:category/$datetimeoriginal" -v3 a.jpg
The % sign is understood by windows as being followed by a variable, but as there is no definition of Y then the command line removes that part of the line, therefore giving errors.
would it be possible to use another sign ?
thank you for your assistance,
Andrew
Title: Re: Windows Batch Variables
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-02-24 19:41:09-08]
Hi Andrew,
As you noted, the "%" character is special in a Windows batch file.
In this context, a percent character must be represented by "%%"
(this is the same method as in a C printf statement).
So in your case, I think what you want is "-d %%Y" inside a Windows
batch file.
- Phil
Hi Andrew,
As you noted, the "%" character is special in a Windows batch file.
In this context, a percent character must be represented by "%%"
(this is the same method as in a C printf statement).
So in your case, I think what you want is "-d %%Y" inside a Windows
batch file.
- Phil
Title: Re: Windows Batch Variables
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
[Originally posted by bobbyandck on 2007-02-26 11:07:41-08]
That works fine,
thank you and sorry for being such a newbie
That works fine,
thank you and sorry for being such a newbie