[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

[Reindl Harald]

Am 21.08.24 um 12:48 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
> So for 1. it must be additionally:
> In case of output file existence 2 additional OS operations are needed 
> and executed: Write a message to system output stream + read and parse 
> users answer from system input stream.
> As discovered by James Ralston, the current implementation seems not 
> really secure.
> 
> And for 2. it must be:
> For additional convenience FFmpeg provides option '-y' to prevent the 
> user from manually deal with existing files. This option dependently 
> allows to skip the 2 additional OS operations above.

for the sake of god no - it's the exactly opposite

For convenience ffmpeg saves you from accidently overwrite existing 
files - in your world the tail wags the dog

[harry at srv-rhsoft:/downloads]$ echo "X" > test.txt
[harry at srv-rhsoft:/downloads]$ cat test.txt
X

[harry at srv-rhsoft:/downloads]$ echo "Y" > test.txt
[harry at srv-rhsoft:/downloads]$ cat test.txt
Y