Exiv2

18 Sep 2014

11:10 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

Hi robin
I could totally zip up the files and my perl script for you this weekend.
Please email me your addres... George Swan

09:19 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

Hi robin
My s/w days are well over, but I'll experiment with procexp
The problem is that out of a test case of ev... George Swan

07:32 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

The new exe works if I do not have window explorer watching the tif folder and Dropbox and hightail are activated. ... George Swan

16 Sep 2014

19:45 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

Unfortunately, that version of exiv2 didn't solve it for me
I downloaded the zip file and put the various exes and... George Swan

08:40 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

unfortunately, I don't have the ability to build s/w on windows. I don't believe I have access to MSVC. Is there an ... George Swan

15 Sep 2014

22:27 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

Another test case
My source tif files are in a folder called 'tif', and I write the tagged tif files into a subfol... George Swan

21:25 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

My longer test of 100's of tif files worked when dropbox was disabled
I also tried the same test with the hightail... George Swan

21:15 Exiv2 Forum: RE: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

Ha! I think I got you a good lead on nailing this one
As it happens, I went to my machine to turn of virus checki... George Swan

13 Sep 2014

13:04 Exiv2 Forum: Still getting the "exception in modify action... failed to rename file to <file><id>: file exists (errno = 17)

Hi
I looked through forum notes, and I see that this bug has come up before. Is there now a fix or a workaround fo... George Swan