Use of -coordFormat when using stay_open does not work properly

[TSM]

Ive been trying to issue --coordFormat when using stay open but it will not return correct data after the first -execute run.

1. Returns data with normal GPS coords

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exiftool -use MWG -stay_open True -@ -

-g
-j
/tmp/test.jpeg
-execute


2. Works for first iteration but subsequent iterations the GPS data goes back to as if the -coordFormat command was not there

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exiftool -use MWG -coordFormat %.6f -stay_open True -@ -

-g
-j
/tmp/test.jpeg
-execute


3. Does not work at all, nothing is returned.

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exiftool -use MWG -stay_open True -@ -

-coordFormat %.6f
-g
-j
/tmp/test.jpeg
-execute


[Phil Harvey]

This is the most common problem people have with the argfile, and is explained in the application documentation:

            Read command-line arguments from the specified file.  The file
            contains one argument per line (NOT one option per line -- some
            options require additional arguments, and all arguments must be
            placed on separate lines).  Blank lines and lines beginning with
            ...

- Phil

P.S. That's -coordFormat, not --coordFormat as in your first sentence, but I see you have it right elsewhere.

[TSM]

darn keeps catching me out, keep forgetting that stay_open is less of a function but more of putting the script into a loop and blocking when waiting for args, now i figure out why any additional args provided before the -stay_open will only be run once

[Phil Harvey]

stay_open is less of a function but more of putting the script into a loop and blocking when waiting for args

Exactly.

- Phil