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ExifTool => Bug Reports / Feature Requests => Topic started by: jsachs on December 25, 2020, 08:07:36 AM

Title: Geotag option to delete originals?
Post by: jsachs on December 25, 2020, 08:07:36 AM
I am currently calling ExifTool from my application (Picture Window -- dl-c.com) to geotag files in a folder. Currently, after creating a geotagged version of each image file, the original untagged version is retained with _original tacked onto the end of the filename. It would be nice if there were an option to delete the originals instead once the geotagged files are created.
Title: Re: Geotag option to delete originals?
Post by: Phil Harvey on December 25, 2020, 10:02:01 AM
The option is -overwrite_original

After the fact, if you didn't use that option when you did the geotagging, you can use the -delete_original option to delete existing _original files.

- Phil
Title: Re: Geotag option to delete originals?
Post by: jsachs on December 25, 2020, 02:17:41 PM
That worked, thanks.