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Very new to this and trying to figure out how to handle folders/directories on windows.

If I have this batch file in the same directory as the image, it works great:
montage -label "Bottom SC" *.jpg -geometry +0+0 -pointsize 200 -background Gold 1btmSC.jpg

However, I need to get it to where the batch file can be located in a different folder/directory than the image. But as soon as I add a path to my command line, it doesn't work anymore:

montage -label "Bottom SC" 'C:\TIApic\1btmSC\*.jpg' -geometry +0+0 -pointsize 200 -background Gold 1btmSC.jpg
or
montage -label "Bottom SC" 'C:\TIApic\1btmSC\*.jpg' -geometry +0+0 -pointsize 200 -background Gold 'C:\TIApic\1btmSC\1btmSC.jpg'

I tried " or ' or no quotes at all. Any pointers?
Thanks

Read the "Using the DOS Shell and Batch Files" section at http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/windows/
Maybe the answer is there.

samIam wrote:Very new to this and trying to figure out how to handle folders/directories on windows. [...] Any pointers?

Maybe take a look at the Windows "pushd" command to get your batch file to change directory.

What is ???? in your command?

Please, always provide your IM version and platform when asking questions, since syntax may differ.

See viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9620

I am not sure what happened when I pasted the lines into the post - the ???? were 'g o l d'. Not sure why you cannot say that word here....

But it is working now - double quotes ("), instead of single:
montage -label "Bottom SC" "C:\TIApic\1btmSC\*.jpg" -geometry +0+0 -pointsize 200 -background Gold 1btmSC.jpg

This allows me to essentially 'grab' a file from the 1btmSC folder, label it and place it in the active folder. That's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks for the help.

I am believe that Windows (batch?) needs double quotes. See http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/windows/