strange behavior with precomp and full path name

[SvenBent]

if i use precomp -r with a full path name. The output file is writing in my current directory and not in the directory of the input files.

if i use packjpg. the outputs files are in the same directory is the input
e.g

i'm "standing" in e:\test\

Precomp -r E:\test\subfolder\file.pcf
Gives me file.jpg in E:\test\

Packjpg e:\test\subfolder\file.jpg
Fives me file.jpeg in e:\test\subfolder\


Please "fix" precomp to output file same places as input file

also "delete af decompression" arguments would be nice for automatically clean-up after doing multithreaded batch to decompress pcf back to jpg/pdf.

[schnaader]

Thanks for reporting this, this is strange especially when using Precomp Comfort. I'll try to fix this in the next version (although I don't know if I will perhaps keep an optional switch to keep the old behaviour). Same for adding a "delete after decompression" switch.

[SvenBent]

I'm not using precomp comfort. just the normal command line version.

i discoverede it because i used the following command to "decompress" from all sub folders

for /r %f in (*.pcf) do precomp -r "%f"

[schnaader]

By the way, a possible solution for doing this using the actual version would be to use 2 batch files:

REM batch1.bat
for /r %%f in (*.pcf) do call batch2 %%~dpf %%~nxf

REM batch2.bat
pushd %1
precomp -r %2
popd

[SvenBent]

thanx for the batch script.

i will try ti implant into my bath file

[SvenBent]

just need to understand the method because if it does what i think it does you just helped me with alot of other batch scripts


the for line call batch2 with
%1= being path with no file name
%2 = File name

right ?

Pushd %1 = go to the path %1 but remember current path
precomp -r %2 = run precomp /r in file
Popd = go back the "current dir" before Pushd jumped away


my other batches i needed to save %cd% into a variable and later do "CD %variable%"
this is just so much easier

[schnaader]

just need to understand the method because if it does what i think it does you just helped me with alot of other batch scripts


the for line call batch2 with
%1= being path with no file name
%2 = File name

right ?

Pushd %1 = go to the path %1 but remember current path
precomp -r %2 = run precomp /r in file
Popd = go back the "current dir" before Pushd jumped away


my other batches i needed to save %cd% into a variable and later do "CD %variable%"
this is just so much easier

I'm glad I could help you Yes, that's exactly how it works. PUSHD, POPD and the enhanced FOR syntax (%%~dpf %%~nxf) are features that are available for Windows 2000 and above. You can call the help for FOR using "for /?", there is much text, but this is the most interesting part of it for this script:

In addition, substitution of FOR variable references has been enhanced.
You can now use the following optional syntax:
 [...]
    %~dI        - expands %I to a drive letter only
    %~pI        - expands %I to a path only
    %~nI        - expands %I to a file name only
    %~xI        - expands %I to a file extension only
 [...]
The modifiers can be combined to get compound results:

    %~dpI       - expands %I to a drive letter and path only
    %~nxI       - expands %I to a file name and extension only

[SvenBent]

fails with folders with spaces

trying to make "%1" in batch2 but seems it still fails as the path is delivered to batch with space end there for only first part of the parts is %1 inside batch 2

-- edit --
got it to work by doing the "" in batch 1
however i found another weirdness of precomp.
it doesn't handle file with space pretty well.

doing
precomp -r "000 167.pcf"

turns my 000 167.pcf file into 167.jpg
so it truncates the first part of the name

[schnaader]

doing
precomp -r "000 167.pcf"

turns my 000 167.pcf file into 167.jpg
so it truncates the first part of the name

Strange - works for me, perhaps there are other things involved in this. Could you give more details? The filename is stored inside the PCF, so it seems the first (precompression) step went wrong.

[SvenBent]

The filename is stored inside the PCF...

Ups my bad. i didnt know pcf keep the original filename.

I had just renamed a pcf. file to have a space. and tested it. it never occurede to me that precomp contained info about the original name. maybe because it only works one file a time.