* Archie Macintosh <[email protected]> [09-20-19 10:22]:
> On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 14:49, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > * Archie Macintosh <[email protected]> [09-20-19 09:44]:
> > > I'm sure the answer must be obvious, but I'm struggling to find the
> > > right variable to use as a placeholder in 'Export selected' so that
> > > the output filename has the form MonthName-Year (e.g.
> > > September-2019.tif).
> > >
> > > I'd be grateful for advice about the right variable to use to insert
> > > the month in the form of the full word for the month name. (Preferably
> > > the EXIF month, but the current month would do if that's not
> > > possible.)
> >
> > I alter *all* filenames on import,
> >   exiv2 \-k \-r %y%m%d_%H%M%S_:basename: \.\/*.{nef,jpg}'
> >
> > so export will appear as 190910_192003_aaa_3768.jpg and original was
> > AAA_3768.NEF
> >
> > adjust as desired.
> >
> 
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply, Patrick, but that's not what I'm trying to do.
> 
> I want to batch-output a set of edited files to a subfolder using
> 'Export selected' in Lighttable, so that they appear as, for example,
> September 2019.tif
> September 2019_01.tif
> September 2019_02.tif
> etc
> 
> I get close with
> $(FILE_FOLDER)/<subfolder>/$(EXIF_MONTH) $(YEAR)        # I insert the
> actual name for <subfolder>
> but EXIF_MONTH returns the numeric month not the name of the month.

so change the vars to reflect your desires, but the "Month" will be
numerical.
  man exiv2
  
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