[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

[Reindl Harald]

Am 16.08.24 um 11:43 schrieb Reindl Harald:
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> Am 15.08.24 um 23:53 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
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>> Am 15.08.24 um 23:39 schrieb Greg Oliver:
>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:02 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
>>>> Ulf Zibis (12024-08-14):
>>>>> But for convenience FFmpeg CLI provides option `-y` for this task
>>>> No, it does not. The -y option only disables a very simple, unreliable
>>>> but convenient safety measure. It does not delete anything.
>>> It actually will overwrite the output file if it already exists.
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>> Which is  exactly what I mean by "delete".
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> but there is no delete action

to make it clear: the only active action ffmpeg does is to look if the 
file already exsists - the normal behavior would be "open for write" 
where neither the application nor the OS cares

>> Some of you argue, that "OS / file system tasks" should not be in the 
>> scope of FFmpeg CLI.
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>> To me, "deleting/overwriting existing files" and "preserving file 
>> times from input to output" are *both* "OS / file system tasks"

but you are not very smart