Getting file path information

[jeno]

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to retrieve file location information? I am thinking of a situation where I wanted to write this information into xmp (probably into pdf's "Directory" field) before send it off to customer. That way I would able to know where this file is originated when I review them a few weeks later.

Regards,
Jeno

[Alan Clifford]

exiftool -comment=`pwd -P`"/"`dirname ./temp2/dscn2404.jpg` ./temp2/dscn2404.jpg

gives

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exiftool -comment temp2/dscn2404.jpg
Comment                         : /Users/alan/photographs/temp/./temp2

This is on a Mac so anything Unix I guess.

Later ...

hmmm, let's see if I can do that all in exiftool.

[Phil Harvey]

First, you would have to define the XMP-pdf Directory tag as a user-defined tag, but then the command would be:

exiftool "-xmp-pdf:directory<file:directory" -r DIR

See the sample config file for examples on how to create user-defined tags.

- Phil

[Alan Clifford]

Phil, doesn't that just give the relative directory unless you specify the full path?

egremont:temp alan$ exiftool "-comment<file:directory" ./temp2/dscn2404.jpg
    1 image files updated

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egremont:temp alan$ exiftool -comment temp2/dscn2404.jpg
Comment                         : ./temp2


[Phil Harvey]

Yes, you are correct.  You must specify the absolute directory if that's what you want in the Directory tag.

Or to get an absolute directory when you specify only a relative one, you could use the FilePath tag.

- Phil