Eportconverter running Linux

Hi,

I'm trying to use an exportconverter to create Jpeg images in a seperate folder:

ExportConverters = 1
ExportConverter0 = mkdir /data/Jpeg/%i/%V0008,0020 ; dcmj2pnm +oj +Wm --scale-x-size 600 %f /data/Jpeg/%i/%V0008,0020/%b.jpeg

but nothing seems to happen. Yes, I have sufficient rights to write, yes dcmtk is installed.
Is this a syntax problem?
Any clues?

Chris

Hi

I changed the ExportConverter0 line in:

ExportConverter0 =  mkdir -p /data/Jpeg/%i/%V0008,0020 ; dcmj2pnm +oj +Wm --scale-x-size 600 %f /data/Jpeg/%i/%V0008,0020/%b.jpeg

and it works.

FYI, for my test, there was a space in the patient ID (%i).
Using spacings in directory names is not done under linux, you shoud replace them with an underscore or something, otherwise subdirectories will not be created.So the "%i" value shouldn't have spaces.
Using the command mkdir with the argument -p creates also the subdirectories you need.

Chris

Hi Marcel,

Just changed my earlier post of today,

It's a matter of spacings and directories under Linux.

I'll have to create an import converter to replace spaces with underscores or so what.

Thanks a lot anyway.

Chris

Hi,

I'll try your quotes out this coming weekend.
Nevertheless, spaces in filenames/directories are allways a caveat in an Unix environment and should be avoided - and thus also in a Windows environment, especially communicating with Unixes as Linux.
Most Unixes comminicate with Windows and reverse.

Chris

Hi

This is working:

ExportConverter0 = mkdir -p /data/Jpeg/"%i"/%V0008,0020 ; dcmj2pnm +oj +Wm --scale-x-size 600 %f /data/Jpeg/"%i"/%V0008,0020/%b.jpeg

No importconverters needed, just surround your variable with quotes when you expect special characters as "space" in it.

Chris