Wow. Thanks, Stefan. I will need to digest your detailed explanation and then give ‘er a shot. Tomorrow(!). I must first sleep…
Thanks again to all who have provided assistance. > On 07 Sep 2015, at 00:05, [email protected] wrote: > > 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 > > > ____________________ > [1] http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s03s12.html.php > > > -- > http://stefan-klinger.de o/X > /\/ > \ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Darktable-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
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