How to rename file to include current folder name.

[publicENEMY]

I want to rename my image file from

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E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea/IMG_5008.JPG into

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E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea/Korea_20170223_134335_IMG_5008.jpg
This is the command i use

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exiftool -r "-testname<${createdate;}" -d "%%D_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%%f%%-c.%%le" "E:\Temp\exiftool\Processing"
The result is

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E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea_20170223_134335_IMG_5008.jpginstead of

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E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea/Korea_20170223_134335_IMG_5008.jpg
How do I fix it?

[Phil Harvey]

Try this:

exiftool -r "-testname<${createdate;}" -d "%%-1:D_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%%f%%-c.%%le" "E:\Temp\exiftool\Processing"

This adds the last directory name at the start of the file name (%-1:D = "Korea"), and doesn't move the file as it would if you use %D (which evaluates to "E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea").

- Phil

[publicENEMY]

Hmm. Doesnt work.

Instead of

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E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea/Korea_20170223_134335_IMG_5008.jpgIt looks like this

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E:/Temp/exiftool/Processing/Korea/a_20170223_134335_IMG_5008.jpg

[StarGeek]

Hmmm...  It looks like that %%-1:D in a date format string is being treated as %%-1.D.  If you move it out of the date string, it works properly.

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C:\>exiftool -r "-testname<%-1:D_${createdate;}" -d "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%%f%%-c.%%le" Y:\!temp\aaaa\Korea\IMG_5008.JPG
'Y:/!temp/aaaa/Korea/IMG_5008.JPG' --> 'Y:/!temp/aaaa/Korea/Korea_20170223_134335_IMG_5008.jpg'
    0 image files updated
    1 image files unchanged