FileName<CreateDate in CMD does not work

[Jaa]

Hi Phil, hi all.

I like to rename picture from different type and different camera's and made therefor a CMD (commandline) in W7.
I would like to rename to YYYYMMDD_hhmm_xxxx with its extention.
xxxx should be the last four char's before the "."(dot)
It tried first the date and time as given below.

CMD file :
@echo off
C:\Tmp\ExifsR\exiftool -r "-FileName<CreateDate" -d "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.%%e" C:\Tmp\ExifsR
pause

List ofdirectory before:
De volumenaam van station C is W7
Het volumenummer is 18EF-6AF0

Map van C:\Tmp\ExifsR

30-12-2015  10:23    <DIR>          .
30-12-2015  10:23    <DIR>          ..
28-12-2015  14:21         7.012.218 1F8007.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21        15.669.427 1N8069.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21         6.381.710 1P8085.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21         5.691.717 2F8006.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21        13.546.977 2N8071.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21         6.480.114 2P8086.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21         6.699.930 3F8001.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21        11.300.705 3N8073.JPG
28-12-2015  14:21         6.444.020 3P8087.JPG
30-12-2015  08:35               177 Andere naam.cmd
30-12-2015  10:24                 0 DIR.txt
30-12-2015  09:38           715.776 ExifTool by Phil Harvey.doc
22-12-2015  11:32         6.660.407 exiftool.exe
              13 bestand(en)       86.603.178 bytes
               2 map(pen)  24.049.229.824 bytes beschikbaar

CMD produce the following error:
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/1N8069.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/1P8085.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/2F8006.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/2N8071.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/2P8086.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/3F8001.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/3N8073.JPG
Error: 'C:/Tmp/ExifsR/mHS.JPG' already exists - C:/Tmp/ExifsR/3P8087.JPG
    1 directories scanned
    1 image files updated
    8 files weren't updated due to errors

One file is renamed into :
mHS.JPG

After running the command in a DOS box it seems to work OK:
C:\Tmp\ExifsR>C:\Tmp\ExifsR\exiftool -r "-FileName<CreateDate" -d "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.%%e" C:\Tmp\ExifsR
    1 directories scanned
    9 image files updated

C:\Tmp\ExifsR>

So, I guess this is a bug. Or do I something wrong?

Why an CMD ? Because first I want to modify picture to the right CreateDate, mostly if more camera's are use, to synchronise the pictures.
Is there someone who can help in this?

[Michael]

If sorting according to the create date is your only concern then why don't you use the appropriate sort option? Any DAM I know of can sort the pictures ascending/descending depending on the create date. And even explorer/finder can do so...

Just my 5 cents...

[Jaa]

Dear Michael,

Can you give me an manual how to sort all pictures from an event made with different camera's were date/time in the camera are not set correct?
I like every easy way.
Thanks in effort.

Jan

[Phil Harvey]

In a .BAT file the "%" character is special, so you must escape all "%" in the exiftool command by using "%%" instead.

- Phil

[Jaa]

Thanks Phil,

You are right and I did that. Almost, I forgot one % behind the dot. (3 instead of 4)
Now I can go on with testing.

New script:
@echo off
cls
C:\Tmp\ExifsR\exiftool -r "-FileName<CreateDate" -d "%%Y%%m%%d_%%H%%M%%S.%%%%e" C:\Tmp\ExifsR
pause

[Michael]

Dear Michael,

Can you give me an manual how to sort all pictures from an event made with different camera's were date/time in the camera are not set correct?
I like every easy way.
Thanks in effort.

Jan

Jan, I sent you a pm.