Paths cannot contain “|” symbols.

Steve Mallett

• March 26, 2017 20:25

Hi All

I have just downloaded C1 on a trial basis and want to import some images to the catalogue but C1 doesn't like my naming system. I get this error:

Paths cannot contain “|†symbols. This looks like a train smash as my entire file system has folders like these:

Image Vault/2017/2017-03/25-Mar | Flower Macros
Image Vault/2017/2017-03/25-Mar | Sunset

etc, etc.

Anybody got a suggested workaround. I have no intention of renaming my entire filesystem given that it works perfectly well with every other piece of software I use.

Thanks

Steve

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  OptionalAlias

  • March 26, 2017 23:09

  File a ticket with support.
  Let them escalate it to devs.
  And use another program while you wait for a future bug fixed release.
  
  As you are using pipe in the path name I can understand why COs inner unix misbehaves.

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  Steve Mallett

  • March 27, 2017 12:28

  Thanks. I'll do that.

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  Bill Booth

  • March 27, 2017 13:57

  As far as I know, C1 does NOT like the "|" character in a file name. If you are running a Mac, try this:
  Automator will save your day! Launch Automator.app (from the Applications folder)
  
  Select File -> New. Click on the Workflow icon -> Choose btn.
  
  Along the left side under Library, click on Spotlight and in the resulting column select Spotlight and drag it onto the workspace at the right.
  
  Go back to the column under Library and select Finder, then “Rename Finder items, Drag the Rename Finder items onto the workspace. You will get a popup alert - click on the Don’t Add btn unless you want to make duplicates.
  
  The first dropdown menu- select Replace text. Find (type in the | here) in (select basename only) then Replace (type in “-†without the quotes)
  
  Now back up in the top panel, you can Search for | in (select your directory that holds your Aperture folders)
  
  Finally, hit the Run arrow at the op right of your workspace.
  
  
  
  I suggest you test this out with a few fake|folders under a test fake folder to see how it works. Good luck.

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  John Doe

  • March 27, 2017 14:05

  Or if you run macOS Sierra (10.12) : select all, right-click > Rename...

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  Bill Booth

  • March 27, 2017 15:04

  to John Doe (whoever you are!)
  Thanks for your much simpler solution. I learn something new every day.
  Cheers

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  Daniel Wisniewski

  • March 28, 2017 12:44

  Two thoughts here:
  
  1) The symbol '|' is used in Unix/*nix systems as a 'pipe to'. Example would be running a script and the 'piping ' the output to another process.
  
  2) The symbol '|' is used commonly as a 'delimiter' in the output/input to database programs.
  
  I would advise using another character that would not cause possible issues 'down the line'. Since CO uses a database to store information regarding images, you have to start accounting for 'special symbols' that an end user wants to use. So you start surrounding all the the text fields with '.
  
  Anyway, I would suggest using something else.
  
  Cheers!
  Dan

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