Exiftool shows that two files were updates when only one should have been

[mülli]

Hello,

I have a strange issue more with XnView than with ExifTool which I described in the XnView-Newsgroup:
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=23584 (please read before going further)
When I copy one of the affected images to an empty folder and use ExifTool with "-File:Comment>IPTC:Caption-Abstract" -overwrite_original *.jpg", in the summary is shown that two images were updated, although only one was present in the folder. I have no idea whats wrong with the 4 images where it's impossible to write IPTC-Fields and I would be very happy if someone had an idea. I have linked an image where the problem is reproducable with the actual version of XnView. Copying the comment to IPTC with ExifTool seems to work fine, but I wonder why it shows me that two images were updated and if that has anything to do with the behaviour of XnView.

Best regards and thanks,
Christoph

[BogdanH]

Hi,

I've tried with your "bild080.jpg" file, posted on xnview forum, and everything seems to bi fine. However, if tag contains foreign characters (german umlauts), then -L options should be used, for example:
exiftool -L -overwite_original "-iptc:Caption-Abstract<file:Comment" bild080.jpg
-otherwise copyed value will be stripped at the place where 1st german umlaut is (ExifTool notifies you if that's the case).

Bogdan

[mülli]

Thak you for your feedback! I used ExifToolGUI for the operation, and if I use exiftool -L -overwite_original "-iptc:Caption-Abstract<file:Comment" bild080.jpg, i get the message that 2 files were updated and 1 file wasn't updated due to errors. The problem in XnView occured with images without umlauts, too, so I think that it has nothing to do. I don't understand that there were only problems with 4 of mostly 700 files and what's so special about them. The photos were from different cameras and the only modification I applied to them was adding an jpeg-comment with IrfanView.

Regards,
Christoph

[BogdanH]

Hi Christoph,

...I used ExifToolGUI for the operation, and if I use exiftool -L -overwite_original "-iptc:Caption-Abstract<file:Comment" bild080.jpg, i get the message that 2 files were updated and 1 file wasn't updated due to errors....

You "forgot" to read GUI manual  Se here: https://exiftool.org/gui/#b_etdirect
That is, to enter your command in GUI, you only need to select file(s) and write:
-iptc:caption-abstract<file:comment
and press enter.

I don't know XnView and I don't use IrfanView (which I know), so I can't help on that. But in case ExifTool is used, your file seems to be fine.

Greetings,
Bogdan