# exporting filename \> tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759 "2006-09-12T15:18:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@datil](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/datil)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759/1 "2006-09-12T15:18:31Z")
i've seen the option "Export" in mp3tag but i don't seem to understand the format of the txt\_taglist.mte file.
i have a bunch of mp3 files with no id3 tags applied but correctly renamed in the form track-artist-title (00-artist-title.mp3), stored inside folders with the album name and the year as album-year (album-0000).
i know how to export from filename \> tag but i don't know how can i export the album name from the directory of the mp3 files so i thought this Export option was probably the correct one.
how shouuld the configuration be for exporting that?
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759/2 "2006-09-12T19:28:45Z")
Try this (didn't test it):
```
$filename(txt)$loop(%_path%)$right(%_directory%,5)
$loopend()
```
Why dont you play with [placeholders](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format) and [scripting functions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting). 😉
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### Author:  [@datil](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/datil)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759/3 "2006-09-13T06:54:00Z")
i still haven't tried your code but with my export settings i exported all the info to a txt file in the format album-year. this worked fine BUT some albums have "album-year\cd1", so Export command exported "cd1" instead of the album name.
how can i do it?
## -- $filename(txt)$loop(%\_path%)$if(%\_directory% = cd,%\_parent\_directory%,%\_directory%) $loopend()
doesn't seem to work but i think the idea is correct, how should i properly use the $if command? maybe that = doesn't work?
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759/4 "2006-09-15T03:54:04Z")
```
$filename(txt)$loop(%_path%)%_parent_directory%
$loopend()
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-filename-tag/3759/5 "2026-02-09T12:19:53Z")