Windows Batch Variables

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[Originally posted by bobbyandck on 2007-02-24 17:18:01-08]

Dear Phil,

Following your great help a month ago with Sorting pictures into folders, I have been trying to put it all into a windows batch file (in order to avoid having to retype the whole line (some 230 characters)) but this has brought up a error.

Code:

exiftool(-k).exe -d %Y "-directory<$iptc:category/$datetimeoriginal" -v3 a.jpg

The % sign is understood by windows as being followed by a variable, but as there is no definition of Y then the command line removes that part of the line, therefore giving errors.

would it be possible to use another sign ?

thank you for your assistance,

Andrew

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-02-24 19:41:09-08]

Hi Andrew,

As you noted, the "%" character is special in a Windows batch file.
In this context, a percent character must be represented by "%%"
(this is the same method as in a C printf statement).

So in your case, I think what you want is "-d %%Y" inside a Windows
batch file.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by bobbyandck on 2007-02-26 11:07:41-08]

That works fine,
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