Issue Creating Directories and Moving Files

[jammer]

Phil:

Win7-64 Exiftool 9.62

-I am having issues with the creation of directories and moving of files from the example in the documentation.
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D:\UserData\exif_use_case>exiftool -ver
9.62

D:\UserData\exif_use_case>dir
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F476-AD0E

Directory of D:\UserData\exif_use_case

06/04/2014  01:29 PM    <DIR>          .
06/04/2014  01:29 PM    <DIR>          ..
02/18/2014  03:29 PM         1,747,173 008.jpg
04/12/2014  12:07 PM         1,421,466 025.jpg
04/16/2014  02:37 PM                78 GenInfo.csv
               3 File(s)      3,168,717 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  422,155,620,352 bytes free

D:\UserData\exif_use_case>exiftool -datetimeoriginal *.jpg
======== 008.jpg
Date/Time Original              : 2014:02:18 14:29:10
======== 025.jpg
Date/Time Original              : 2014:04:12 12:07:49
    2 image files read

D:\UserData\exif_use_case>exiftool '-Directory<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y_%m_%d .
The system cannot find the file specified.

-Don't understand the error condition being reported.
Jon A. Miller

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Jon,

In Windows, you need to use double quotes around arguments.  The single quotes are for Mac or Linux.

- Phil

[jammer]

One of those "DOH" days....thanx
jon