[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

[Reindl Harald]

Am 18.08.24 um 00:46 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
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> Am 18.08.24 um 00:26 schrieb Reindl Harald:
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>> Am 17.08.24 um 21:53 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
>>>> but there is no delete action
>>> You can spin it however you like. The logic around the ‘-y’ option 
>>> requires an extra additional OS call, in this case querying the 
>>> existence of the file, before it is overwritten.
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>> bullshit!
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>> "ffmpeg -y" saves any OS call about existence, it just writes the file 
>> and that's it
> I said "logic _around_". which includes the case if '-y' ist not set

irrelevant

you said "Isn't removing existing output files samely a question for the 
OS?" which is not what happens when you simply overwrite a file

when you open as file for output it's completly irrelevant if it exists 
or not - period