NAPS CLI - Create PDF With Empty Author Metadata Field

[Dirk]

I am using NAPS2 CLI (7.4.0.0) for converting a bunch of imported TIFF files to PDF. I would like the PDF files to have an empty author metadata field. But I am struggling to achieve that.

1. Not using the --pdfauthor option inserts “NAPS2” into the author field.
2. Using --pdfauthor "" leads to various errors, depending on subsequent options. As far as I can tell the empty string argument is skipped and subsequent options are shifted.
3. Using --pdfauthor " " makes the author field look empty, but obviously it contains a single space character.

How am I supposed to create a PDF file with an empty author metadata field with NAPS2?

[Ben Olden-Cooligan]

Does --pdfauthor= (followed by nothing) or --pdfauthor="" work?

[Dirk]

Great suggestion, I hadn't thought of this before!

But, unfortunately, this does not seem to work:

NAPS2.Console.exe -i test.tif' -n 0 --pdfauthor="" -o test.pdf

ERROR(S):
  Token '--pdfauthor=' is not recognized.

NAPS2.Console.exe -i test.tif' -n 0 --pdfauthor= -o test.pdf

ERROR(S):
  Token '--pdfauthor=' is not recognized.

NAPS2.Console.exe -i test.tif' -n 0 "--pdfauthor=" -o test.pdf

ERROR(S):
  Token '--pdfauthor=' is not recognized.

[Ben Olden-Cooligan]

It looks like --pdfauthor '""' works.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10297002/passing-empty-arguments-to-executables-using-powershell

[Dirk]

Excellent! Thank you very much!

I had tried "''" with no success before...