[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 18.08.24 um 00:30 schrieb Reindl Harald:
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> Am 17.08.24 um 23:07 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
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>> Am 17.08.24 um 22:10 schrieb Bouke / Videotoolshed:
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>>> The user input is parsed as ‘if file exists and not -y in line, abort’
>> FFmpeg CLI does not abort in that case, it outputs a question to system out stream, and then reads the input from system in stream. These are again 2 additional OS calls.
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> are you dumb?
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> in case of "-y" ffmpeg opens the output file no matter if it exists or not - there is no need for any operation
Are you able to read? Bouke wrote "_not_ -y in line". This is the opposite case.