-ext produces / on windows

[Bona Sierra]

Hi all,

when using "-filepath -ext extension" with the -p command, the path output is with "/" instead of "\" on windows systems, so I have to apply a string substitution as workaround.
e.g. exiftool -m -p "$filepath"  -ext JPG .
output: H:/IMG/Original/20180630_220548_944.JPG


Using file extension w/ or w/o wildcard always outputs "/" instead.
e.g. exiftool -m -p "$filepath" 20180630*.jpg
output: H:\IMG\Original\20180630_220548_944.JPG

Exiftool should always use the system delimiter character for directory names.

Exiftool version is 12.87
Terminal window on Windows 11 Pro Build 22621

[Phil Harvey]

Sorry, but ExifTool has used forward slashes for the last 20 years without a request like this, and changing it now would break things for a lot of people.

- Phil

[StarGeek]

You can always code the substitution directory in the -p (-printFormat) FMT string

exiftool -m -p "${Filepath;s(/)(\\)g}" -ext JPG .

[Bona Sierra]

OK, thanks. I will then apply the workaround with the substitution.