any possibility to disable "shrinking" etc.?

[comp3v]

Hello,
after reading the topic about "changes filesize" and corresponding section of FAQ - I was just wondering if there is any possibility to turn off this "optimization" made by ExifTool? I understand that your way of writing data is considered to be more correct, but it would be still great to make an option of keeping original layout. (I mean, sometimes it is not very convenient that simple time adjustment leads to significant changes of image header; in my case, I am using some homemade soft to process images and such changes make it to think that new file is totally different from the original...)
Thanks in advance!

[Phil Harvey]

Sorry, there is no way to turn this off.  It would require a completely different algorithm which would have significant limitations (wouldn't be able to add new information or change existing information if the new value is longer than the existing value).

- Phil

[comp3v]

ok, thanks anyway!