feature request: overwrite_original_in_place preferences item

[pb]

Hi Bogdan.

Would you consider adding a preferences item to use -overwrite_original_in_place instead of -overwrite_original ?

The advantage of -overwrite_original_in_place is that (a) it will not break any hardlinks to that file, and (b) it preserves the file "create date" in the filesystem on Windows.  (Note to Phil:  item (a) might be a useful addition to the exiftool documentation.)

The disadvantage is that it is slower.  (However, that rarely matters to me, because either I am changing only a few files, so the extra time doesn't matter, or I am changing a very large number of files that will take forever anyway, so forever/2 is still approximately forever.)

--peter

[Phil Harvey]

(Note to Phil:  item (a) might be a useful addition to the exiftool documentation.)

Thanks.  This will appear in the next release.

- Phil

[BogdanH]

Hi Peter,
Will be added as option in next update.

Bogdan

[pb]

Hi Peter,
Will be added as option in next update.

Bogdan

Thanks!

[BogdanH]

Latest GUI version is ready for download.

Bogdan

[Phil Harvey]

That was quick!

- Phil

[BogdanH]

Yes, because those few changes were guite easy to implement. And IMO, fixing issue when Windows is used at 125% magnification, was quite important one (reported by Doug Kerr) -so I though: no reason to wait any longer.
I just hope, I didn't miss something.. you know.. talking about "quite easy" 

Greetings,
Bogdan

[Justus]

being new to ExifTool and GUI. I read through the Q&A and forum.
My issue is, that I want to reset the DateTimeOriginal (and CreationDate) without changing the file system creation and modification dates. Using the GUI I clicked: -options "preserve Date modified of files"

The file system modify date is unchanged, but the file system creation date is set to now.
My understanding (from reading the ExifTool FAQ at http://www.exiftool.org/faq.html#Q24)
is, that the overwrite_original_in_place would keep the file system creation time, and from this thread, that I can set this in the GUI.

However I cannot find any other preference setting - I use current v5.14.0.0
where can I set this preference in the ExifTool GUI ?

[Phil Harvey]

If it isn't mentioned in the documentation for version 5 then it probably isn't an option with this veresion (yet).  You can request that this be added, or download ExifToolGUI 4.27 (the last update of version 4).

- Phil