Interface WriteOptions

Options for write operations.

interface WriteOptions {
    overwriteOriginal?: boolean;
    overwriteOriginalInPlace?: boolean;
    preserveTime?: boolean;
    compress?: boolean;
    writeMode?: string;
}

Properties

overwriteOriginal?: boolean

Overwrite original file without backup (default: false)

overwriteOriginalInPlace?: boolean

Overwrite without a backup by updating the original inode instead of renaming a temp file.

preserveTime?: boolean

Preserve file modification time (default: false)

compress?: boolean

Compress supported metadata text chunks when this reduces their size.

writeMode?: string

ExifTool write-mode letters: w (overwrite), c (create), g (create groups).