[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu Aug 15 19:37:10 EEST 2024



Am 15.08.24 um 18:17 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
> 
> Am 14.08.24 um 21:13 schrieb Greg Oliver:
>> In other words if the conversion command failed and you had it set to
>> delete to input file after conversion, with ; it will delete the file
>> even if the new file was not created, ...
> 
> Here it is not about deleting the *input* file, it's about deleting the 
> *output* file.
> 
> Anyway, it makes me wonder, how ffmpeg CLI could delete input files.
> Option `-y` only deletes output files, AFAIK

it makes me wonder why you don't realize that what you are respondig for 
was about bash "ffmpeg...; some command" versus "ffmpeg && some command"


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