How to move the .JPG_original file to a different directory

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[Originally posted by bv on 2007-12-17 21:39:45-08]

Hi Phil,

Is it possible to move the resulting .jpg_original files to a
another location?

For Example:

Code:

Working directory = F:\Photos\1980_01_01 modified, renamed files
= Q:\Photos\2007_09_08 Where 2007_09_08 reflects the DateTimeOriginal
TAG
_original files = H:\Photos\2007_09_08

I tried to create a different script to move the _original files but it
always fails with a The system cannot find the file specified.

Any thoughts on how best do this?
Thanks, Brooks

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-12-17 23:52:30-08]

There will be no .jpg_original file if you do this in one step.
Since the new file is written to a different directory, the
original file will remain with its name unchanged in the
source directory.

But in general, the -overwrite_original option is
the way to automatically remove the .jpg_original files.
(as always, make sure you have original backups of all
your image files before editing them with
exiftool or any other utility.)

- Phil

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[Originally posted by bv on 2007-12-18 00:34:03-08]


Hi Phil,

I was going to use the _originial as the backup. This way I know what has been updated and what was not.

This is what I did to move these files but it required that I add the .JRG extension otherwise it says file not found.

Code:

# EXIFTool ArgFile (windows standalone version 7.06
#
# Move Original Files from working folder to original Image Folder
#
# Run this OS command first
#   ren *.???_original *.*.jpg
# Envolk this ArgFile as follows:
#   exiftool -v -@ bv_move_org.arg -common_args -ext jpg -r .\*.???_orginal.*
#
-P
-d
   F:/Photos/%Y_%m_%d/
   -FileName<${DateTimeOriginal}%f%-2c
# I added the %-2c just in case there is a duplicate (this should not happen but sometimes I have duplicate files in other directories)
#
# End of Processing
#