.exiftool_config for biological data

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[Originally posted by eddiebug94601 on 2007-12-02 04:31:14-08]

Phil & Peter -

Do either of you know of a way to overcome the 14 file limit when dragging and dropping JPGs in Microsoft Windows? When I try to drop more than 14 files onto the exiftool executable or batch shortcuts I get this message:

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

My images are filed in a taxonomic hierarchy, so, I don't want to dump them into a directory just to batch them. Is there another way?

Eddie Dunbar

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[Originally posted by eddiebug94601 on 2007-12-02 04:33:09-08]


Also, the recursive (-r) directory processing does not work from my batches.

Eddie Dunbar

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-12-02 12:07:00-08]

-r should work fine in a batch file.  Your FILE
argument is a directory name, right?

I don't know anything about a 14-file limit in Windows, but
this seems odd to me.  Perhaps there is a line length limit when
it generates a command line for exiftool.  Are the directory
names really long?

- Phil

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[Originally posted by eddiebug94601 on 2007-12-03 04:18:03-08]



Phil -

I think the limitation may be with the depth of my paths. I successfully dragged and dropped 37 short-named files just now. But short filenames are not the norm for me. Here is a typical path to one of my files:

Q:\__working\Odonata\Anisoptera\Libellulidae\Libellula_luctuosa,Burmeister\2006-0812-2302-00599-Libellula_luctuosa,Burmeister(0119P,perched@cattails,144)-M.jpg

And they're all very deep like this. Does exiftool not reach down to all subdirectories? I'd prefer for exiftool to scan multiple levels of directories than to upset my directory hierarchy. Here is the FILE argument in one of the shortcuts I am using:

Q:\__working\exiftool.exe -r >Odonata -copyright="2007. BugPeople LLC."
*.jpg -P -overwrite_original -k

This other example is with the executable:

exiftool(-@ BPBioData.args -overwrite_original -k).exe

The drag and drop feature appears to be limited by filename/path length for the executable, batch files and the shortcuts of both.

Thanks for all of your help. I want to try to find a way to credit you and exiftool on my site. =)

Eddie Dunbar

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-12-03 12:29:06-08]

Hi Eddie,

With the -r option, exiftool will reach down multiple levels
of directories for each directory name that it is given.  In your command,
the FILE is "*.jpg", so it has no directories to work from.  Instead,
use "-ext jpg DIR" where DIR is the top level directory containing
the images.

The drag and drop problem is a Windows limitation, and I can't do
anything about this.  If you can drag and drop folders instead of
individual images, then you may be able to get around this limitation.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by eddiebug94601 on 2007-12-04 01:29:12-08]


I'll give the folder drag and drop a whirl.

Eddie Dunbar

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[Originally posted by eddiebug94601 on 2007-12-04 02:03:53-08]


It worked like a charm! Amazing. LOL!

Eddie Dunbar