no writeable tags error when moving files

[phani]

Hi Phil
Thanks for the excellent tool.

- I have been trying to organize my pics using the following command.
"exiftool(-k).exe"  -v4 -r -m -d "sorted_pics/%Y/%Y-%m-%d %%-1:d/%%f%%-c.%%e" "-filename<CreateDate" -ext .JPG "newcontent\2012_01_01_18_58\AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2011"

- It mostly works . but some of the pics give the following error.
======== newcontent/2012_01_01_18_58/AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2011/2011 09 02 7469.JPG
Setting new values from newcontent/2012_01_01_18_58/AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2011/2011 0
9 02 7469.JPG
Warning: No writable tags set from newcontent/2012_01_01_18_58/AUGUST SEPTEMBER
2011/2011 09 02 7469.JPG
Nothing changed in newcontent/2012_01_01_18_58/AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2011/2011 09 02
7469.JPG

- info returned by exiftool on 1 of the pics.
ExifTool Version Number         : 9.07
File Name                       : 2011 09 02 7468.JPG
Directory                       : newcontent/2012_01_01_18_58/AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2
011
File Size                       : 99 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2011:09:02 10:01:27-05:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2012:01:01 18:16:36-06:00
File Creation Date/Time         : 2011:09:02 10:01:27-05:00
File Permissions                : rw-rw-rw-
File Type                       : JPEG
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
JFIF Version                    : 1.01
Resolution Unit                 : None
X Resolution                    : 1
Y Resolution                    : 1
Image Width                     : 912
Image Height                    : 684
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size                      : 912x684

Can you help me figure this out?
Also, the -r option seems to skip directories with a "." prefix (eg. .picasaoriginals) . Is there a way to get it to recurse into those?

Thanks
Phani

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Phani,

You will get this message if you are trying to copy CreateDate from a file that doesn't have this information.  Your only choice here is to use one of the other date/time tags available.  It looks like there aren't any metadata dates in your sample, so you will have to resort to the system FileModifyDate or FileCreateDate.

Yes.  ExifTool ignores directories beginning with a ".".  There is no way around this right now (other than renaming the directory).

- Phil