# Export source
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811
**Category:** Export
**Created:** [May 1, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811 "2007-05-01T20:59:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@eusty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eusty)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811/1 "2007-05-01T20:59:17Z")
I'll try to describe........ 🙂
When you run an export, the info it exports is only that which is shown in the mp3tag window.
Is it possible to specify (in the script) a directory from which to get the tag data from? Similar to the $filename placeholder for writing the file. If it was then I could run an export without having to change directories.
Then hopefully Florian will make batch exporting in a future build and I'll be laughing 🙂
Steve
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811/2 "2007-05-04T19:09:14Z")
Hi Steve,
this is not possible as Mp3tag always exports data from the files displayed in the Mp3tag window.
Cheers,
Florian
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### Author:  [@eusty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eusty)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811/3 "2007-05-04T19:46:29Z")
Possible improvement for a future release? 😉
I guess the problem is that what I want maybe isn't what other people would use ☹
Steve
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811/4 "2007-05-05T06:13:10Z")
I think this is a little bit too special to find its way in a future release.
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@eusty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eusty)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-source/4811/5 "2007-05-05T18:56:14Z")
OK, thought it might be ☹