SOLVED: Metadata reading not using root path?

[lordjynx]

For anyone running *{Apps we don't talk about - TDP} that want to automate a symbolic link, here's a script I threw together that should work:
#!/bin/bash

#Prevent errors when saving/testing
if [[ "${Apps we don't talk about - TDP}_eventtype" == "Test" ]]; then
exit
fi

#set the symbolic link path + save folder name from {Apps we don't talk about - TDP}
symlink_dest="user's root path/$(basename "${Apps we don't talk about - TDP}_series_path")"

#only create the symlink if the folder doesn't exist
if [[ ! -L "$symlink_dest" ]]; then
ln -s "${Apps we don't talk about - TDP}_series_path" "$symlink_dest"
fi