is it because you are telling it that the next characters will be a file name? but when it reports what file was created it says /x/y/z//picturename (notice the double slash
On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 7:05 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > * Michael <[email protected]> [10-14-18 18:53]: > > WELL.... I got it to work by putting a trailing slash on it > > [$(FILE_FOLDER)/]. > > > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 6:01 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > * Willy Williams <[email protected]> [10-14-18 17:03]: > > > > Be sure that you use the command in the right form, like this - > > > > F:\\Photos\\Exports\\$(FILE_NAME). Note the double backslashes. It > > > works > > > > quite well. > > > > > > > > Willy > > > > > > > > ************************************************* > > > > On 10/14/2018 at 16:45, Michael wrote: > > > > > I've always wanted to be able to save to the folder the file is > from > > > and > > > > > today I was looking at the options under under 'export selected' > and > > > > > noticed, '$(FILE_FOLDER)'. Cool except it doesn't want to work. it > > > saves > > > > > to the directory immediately above. if you want to see this > graphically > > > > > I want to save file 'x/y/z/pic to directory 'z' in directory > /x/y/z but > > > > > it saves it to directory 'y'. Any idea what os wrong? Is this a > bug or > > > > > am I being goofy. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > darktable user mailing list > > > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > from the appearance of his post, he is using a linux system, not > windows > > > and he would want something like: > > > $(FILE_FOLDER)/DrkTbl/$(FILE_NAME) > > > > > > "$(FILE_FOLDER)" being where the original images reside. > > > > > > > > > look at the definitions in the fine manual. > > > https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/en/export_selected.html > > > > > > base directory naming pattern: $(PICTURES_FOLDER)/DrkTbl > > > subdirectory naming pattern: $(YEAR)$(MONTH)$(DAY)_$(JOBCODE) > > > file naming pattern: > > > $(YEAR)$(MONTH)$(DAY)_$(SEQUENCE).$(FILE_EXTENSION) > > > > > > > > > above is three lines, will probably wrap in your client. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA > @ptilopteri > > > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member > facebook/ptilopteri > > > Registered Linux User #207535 @ > http://linuxcounter.net > > > Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet > freenode > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > darktable user mailing list > > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > > do you understand why? > > -- > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri > Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net > Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
