On 2015-Sep-06, J Albrecht wrote with possible deletions:
> Assuming that in my case, $(FILE_FOLDER) is actually “Sept15_Bike\
> Courier”, I’ve entering (again) the following:
>
> /$(FILE_FOLDER)/$(FILE_FOLDER)_RAWconversion/$(FILE_NAME)
>
>
> Whereas I desire the following structure under $(File_Folder):
>
> Sept15_Bike\ Courier_RAWconversion/HVI_8892.png
>
> I actually get the following, all under $(File_Folder):
>
> /Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike\
> Courier/Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike\
> Courier_RAWconversion/HVI_8892.png
>
> Here’s the strange thing: The SAME result occurs if I omit the initial
> forward slash!
Hi,
I think you just get what you specified, but maybe you don't
understand the specifications exactly. In the path you enter the
$(FOO) stuff is replaced by the value of the variable `FOO`,as
documented here [1]. Every single occurrence of$(FOO) will be
replaced by that value to form the final path.
First:
$(FILE_FOLDER)_RAWconversion/$(FILE_NAME)
If $(FILE_FOLDER) is `/home/heviiguy/pics` and $(FILE_NAME) is `foo`
then you'll get `/home/heviiguy/pics_RAWconversion/foo.png` when
exporting to PNG. As you correctly observed, the `pics_RAWconversion`
directory is in the same directory as `pics`, not what you wanted but
correct.
Second:
$(FILE_FOLDER)/$(FILE_FOLDER)_RAWconversion/$(FILE_NAME)
Again, the variables are replaced by their values. You have specified
$(FILE_FOLDER) twice, so it's used twice. If the folder containing the
input image [1] is
/Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike Courier
then both occurrences of $(FILE_FOLDER) in your path will be replaced
by that, leading to
/Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike
Courier//Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike
Courier_RAWconversion/HVI_8892.png
Note that double slashes collapse, so it does not make any difference
whether you add another leading slash or not. Also, the double slash
in the middle is collapsed into one.
What you probably need:
Now if you have the raw file in
/Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike
Courier/HVI_8892.RAW
then $(FILE_FOLDER) is
/Volumes/heviiguy2ndPartition/Media/Pictures/Personal/Sept15_Bike Courier`
and $(FILE_NAME)
HVI_8892
having the extension stripped. You can put these back together,
specifying
$(FILE_FOLDER)/$(FILE_NAME)
and DT will happily append the extension suitable for you export
format, e.g., `.png`.
Pro tip:
Avoid whitespaces in your filenames, use `_` instead. Always.
HTH
Stefan
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