[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

[Reindl Harald]

Am 18.08.24 um 00:54 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 22:33 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
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>>> Am 17.08.24 um 22:10 schrieb Bouke / Videotoolshed:
>>>> ..., it will be ‘another’ file with the same name.
>>> And WHAT then happens with the original file, when write creates 
>>> ANOTHER file ???
>>
>> NOTHING'
>
> Another interesting variant. So we then have 2 output files with the 
> same name.

echo "moron" > "yourstate.txt"
echo "foolish moron" > "yourstate.txt"

there is no delete operation, there is only one file which is 
identically handeled in both cases

you pretended "But for convenience FFmpeg CLI provides option `-y` for 
this task" which is technically nonsense - that's the whole topic - period

so your are talking nosense all the time

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
Betreff: Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time
Datum: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:20:23 +0200
Von: Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis at CoSoCo.de>
Antwort an: FFmpeg user questions <ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org>
An: ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org

Isn't removing existing output files samely a question for the OS?

But for convenience FFmpeg CLI provides option `-y` for this task, so 
why not thinking about conveniently preserving file times by FFmpeg CLI?