Inconsistent handling of $directory/$filename in different exiftool versions

[WHA1949]

Hi

I use ExifTool to generate an xml file. My system is Windows XP. The command line look like this:


"exiftool\exiftool" -ex -charset UTF8 -ext jpg -ext tif -ext mp3 -q -f -p PhotoDirToXML.fmt %1 > %1\PhotoDir.xml

this is called from a batch file, so %1 is the parameter.

In the fmt file I have the following syntax: 

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absolutePath="${Directory}/${FileName}"

in version 9.0.6 i got in xml file:

absolutePath="f:/photo/temp/nepal1/2013_0413/2013_0413_112806AA16To9.jpg"

in version 9.36 I get in xml file:

absolutePath="F:Photo/Temp/Nepal1/2013_0413/2013_0413_112806AA16To9.jpg"

So apart from lower/uppercase there is a difference in the slash after the

F:

I found no hint in Changelog on this change.

My question:  Just to make sure before I change my command file: Is this a bug in 9.36 or was it a bug in 9.0.6?

[Phil Harvey]

I can't imagine any change between 9.06 and 9.36 that could possibly have this effect.  There is no way that exiftool should ever change the case of a file or directory name, or remove a slash from the path.  There must be something else happening here.

I suggest adding "-echo %1" to your commads to echo back this parameter to see what it looks like.

- Phil

[WHA1949]

Thank you for your suggestion and sorry for bothering you. It was really my fault. I had specified different directories in the examples.