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ExifTool => Bug Reports / Feature Requests => Topic started by: borekl on November 16, 2014, 08:36:17 AM

Title: -Directory and -TestName together
Post by: borekl on November 16, 2014, 08:36:17 AM
-TestName tag is supposed to be used for "dry runs", where nothing is really done. Well, if you use -Directory tag at the same time, the moving will actually take place (though filenames themselves won't be changed). Is that the intended behaviour? It'd be much nicer if it just printed what it's moving where...
Title: Re: -Directory and -TestName together
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 16, 2014, 09:39:00 AM
Yes, this is the intended behaviour.  TestName is independent of the other tags.  You can test the directory at the same time if you want -- TestName supports a directory specification, just like writing FileName.  Perhaps I should make this more clear in the file renaming documentation (https://exiftool.org/filename.html).

- Phil