problems by using -overwrite

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[Originally posted by mfeske on 2009-06-03 07:42:56-07]

Hello,
i will use exiftool in a batch.
I use -overwrite_orginal_in_place but theire is a file names _orginal can i erase it autmatically

Greetings Micha

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[Originally posted by eric80 on 2009-06-03 10:46:51-07]

I think you should use preferably "-overwrite_original" instead of "-overwrite_original_in_place"

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-06-03 11:15:30-07]

Micha,

Neither the -overwrite_original_in_place or -overwrite_original
options will preserve a "_original" file.  If the _original files
were created with a previous command, then you should delete
them if you don't want them.  In a Unix shell, this is done with
"rm *_original" (although not recursively).  In Windows, something
like "del *.*_original" may work.

- Phil