Batch processing to sidecar files - Keeping directory structure

[dwlott]

Hello, again guys,
I want ExifTool to create sidecar files while keeping the existing directory structure.  With the following commands that I am trying, the files in the source folder are extracted to sidecar files, but the files in the subdirectories produce an error.  For reference, I am looking at:https://exiftool.org/metafiles.html

This is what I am trying:
Create Sidecar files for a directory, keeping directory structure:
e:\exiftool\exiftool -TagsFromFile @ -all:all -srcfile "e:\myTargetFolder\%:2d%f.%e.xmp" -r "e:\mySourceFolder"

Create Sidecar files for Multiple files, keeping directory structure:
e:\exiftool\exiftool -TagsFromFile @ -all:all -srcfile "e:\myTargetFolder\%:2d%f.%e.xmp" "e:\mySourceFolder\Bracelets\File1.jpg" "e:\mySourceFolder\Bracelets\File2.jpg"

This is an example of the error message ExifTool is returning.  It looks like the slash is flipping.
Error: Error creating file: e:\myTargetFolder\Bracelets/File1.jpg.xmp - e:\myTargetFolder\Bracelets/File1.jpg.xmp

Windows 10
I'm having fun with ExifTool.  Thanks again for creating it.

[StarGeek]

Just to verify, you are creating XMP files in a completely different directory than the source jpgs?

It looks like the slash is flipping.

This is not a problem.  Exiftool is written in Perl and internally it treats all file paths as if they were regular slashes / instead of backslashes \.

[StarGeek]

The problem in this case is that it will only write to existing directories.  New directories won't be created.

For the first run, you'll want to use the command in Example 11 so the directory structure will be created as well as the starting XMP sidecar files.  After that, then your command can be used to create new XMP in existing directories and update existing XMP files.

[dwlott]

Thank you Stargeek, with your help I came up with this line that works great for creating sidecar files while keeping directory structure: 
e:\exiftool\exiftool -o "e:\myTargetFolder\%:2d%f.%e.xmp" "e:\mySourceFolder\Bracelets\File1.jpg" "e:\mySourceFolder\Bracelets\File2.jpg"

Is there a way to keep the directory structure the same way with an XML output? 
I tried a few things based on ExifTool -X a.jpg > a.xml, but could not get the directory structure to work with the -X option. 

[StarGeek]

Take a look at the -w (-TextOut) option.

[dwlott]

Thank you again Stargeek.  With your last tip on looking at the -w option, I found that the following command lines work for me.

For XML sidecars keeping directory structure for a folder:
e:\exiftool\exiftool -r -X -w "e:\myTargetFolder\%:2d%f.%e.xml" "e:\mySourceFolder"

For XML sidecars keeping directory structure for multiple files:
e:\exiftool\exiftool -X -w "e:\myTargetFolder\%:2d%f.%e.xml" "e:\mySourceFolder\Bracelets\File1.jpg" "e:\mySourceFolder\Bracelets\File2.jpg"