Running EXIFTool from Bridge with app.system()

[Lumigraphics]

:EDIT: Got it working, the entire executable path is required.

Since I discovered that Bridge can't perform a bunch of operations on XMP/EXIF data, I have been working on hooking up EXIFTool to Bridge. I have been going round and round and CANNOT get EXIFTool to run using app.system().

I do use this function in other scripts, and I'm able to call other executables (I've used it with Adobe DNG Converter, cURL, and have been able to run simple things like dir/ls and redirect the output to a file.

If I call the command, it just silently fails. Bridge doesn't have a way for commands to send an error message back so I'm just in the dark. Writing the command to an alert window, copying it, then running THAT in a command window works on both platforms.

This is a very simple command that fails (on the Mac, its installed in the command path so just calling "exiftool" works in Terminal.)

    var cmd = "C:/Users/converse/Downloads/exiftool.exe -a -ALL -G1 -s C:/Users/converse/Desktop/04068.jpg > C:/Users/converse/Desktop/log.txt";
    app.system(cmd);

Adding single or double quote marks to the filename is no help. Copying that and running it on the command line works on both platforms. Replacing the exiftool call with "dir" or "ls -la" will write correctly to the log file. Same result with processing files, can't call a working command with app.system().

I'm wondering if anyone has gotten this working and how? It seems like it SHOULD work ok.

[Lumigraphics]

I have only tested on 2022 and 2023 Mac and 2022 Windows at this point. I have a Windows machine with older versions and a Mac at work, and both at home. It should load and show just fine on the Mac, not hidden. Not having issues here.

And yes I want to come up with a better way to edit flags, and I am a newb to exiftool so I just picked what looked like a good set.

[Lumigraphics]

And one more quick update, please download the "Run EXIFTool" script from Dropbox to replace the "Strip EXIF" script. Thanks 🙂

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mg817g9a9ymbasi/AADTmXUVxmFfM58bcyYE7yiwa?dl=0

[gregreser]

It's working great on Wondows 10 Bridge 2023. I like the addition of Auto-refresh.