Okay. I’ve got it. Kind of. The following gives me the single subdirectory that I’m looking for. I had wanted to name it Foo_convertedRAW but I just get convertedRAW. Not a big deal. I’m happy with what I now have!
$(FILE_FOLDER)/convertedRAW/$(FILE_NAME)
Thanks again, everybody.
> On 07 Sep 2015, at 00:21, J Albrecht <hevii...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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, dt-l...@stefan-klinger.de 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
>>
>>
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