Re: exif --remove not idempotent, and a Debian man page bug
On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 03:17:31PM +0200, hede wrote:
> Am 21.09.2022 14:46, schrieb Emanuel Berg:
> > Maybe related to the '-o f f' part as your imagination
> > tells you ...
>
> The "-o" means: "Write output image to FILE". And it does so, as far as I
> can see.
The question is whether specifying "-o f f" where the output file
has the same name as the input file actually overwrites the original
input file. Another person reported that it does *not* -- that you get
a *.modified.jpeg file as output instead.
If I had the first inkling of a clue what an exif tag actually *was* I
might try testing it myself. I'm gathering that it has something to do
with JPEG images, based on the *.modified.jpeg default output filename.
Beyond that, I know nothing.
One of you people who knows this software and has a testable input file
should (please!) try it, and show us the results. Make an empty
directory. Copy the JPEG file into it. Show "ls -l" output. Run the
exif command. Show "ls -l" again.
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